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A pregnant woman in Texas is arguing that her unborn child should count as a vehicle passenger after being cited for driving alone in an HOV lane.

Brandy Bottone argued that the state's penal code recognizes a fetus as a person and that she will fight the $215 ticket in court.

A pregnant woman from Texas was slapped with a traffic ticket for driving her car in a high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane after officers dismissed her argument that her unborn child be counted as a second person.

That. and so, it just didnt make sense to me why two different laws were not speaking the correct way. >> lets talk about that. good thing we have lonnie here to dissect the laws. so, lonnie, the officer from the dallas county sheriffs department, as we heard, told her that the law states h-e-b users must have at least one passenger in those vehicles, and the passengers must be, quote, outside the body. we checked the states will that recognizes a fetus as a person. it appears there is no langua...

A pregnant Texas woman is arguing that the recent overturning of Roe v. Wade means that her unborn child should be counted as a passenger in her vehicle.

A pregnant Texas woman is arguing that the recent overturning of Roe v. Wade means that her unborn child should be counted as a passenger in her vehicle.

A pregnant Texas woman is arguing that the recent overturning of Roe v. Wade means that her unborn child should be counted as a passenger in her vehicle.

A pregnant Plano, Texas woman who got a ticket for driving alone in the HOV lane plans to fight the fine.

A woman from Texas who was ticketed for driving solo in an HOV lane says she plans to fight the $275 ticket saying her unborn child should count as a person. Brandy Bottone was stopped by police.

A pregnant Plano, Texas, woman who got a ticket for driving alone in the HOV lane plans to fight the fine.