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Pregnant Texas woman says unborn baby should count as car passenger after receiving HOV ticket
A pregnant Texas woman said her unborn baby should count as a second passenger in her vehicle, citing Texas' penal code in the wake of Roe v. Wade being overturned, after receiving a ticket.
Brandy Bottone, 32, of Plano, Texas, was pulled over on June 29 after driving in an HOV lane, or high-occupancy vehicle land, according to . Bottone was stopped by a Dallas County Sheriff Department who was looking for drivers violating the HOV lane rules.
The HOV lane requires drivers to have at least one passenger in their car while using the lane.
When the sheriff's deputy told Bottone of the rule, she said she did, in fact, have a second occupant in her car — her unborn baby.
"I pointed to my stomach and said, ‘My baby girl is right here. She is a person,'" Bottone told , who first reported the story.
