Bill to allow pregnant women to use HOV lanes fails
A bill that would have allowed pregnant women to use HOV lanes in Utah failed in a Senate committee Monday morning.
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A bill that would have allowed pregnant women to use HOV lanes in Utah failed in a Senate committee Monday morning.
A Utah lawmaker proposed recognizing an unborn fetus as a separate person for driving in the HOV lane. A Utah Senate committee voted down the bill, citing legal concerns and issues about implementing the law.
In several Utah laws, including ones on homicide and abortion, an unborn fetus is considered a separate person, but when it comes to carpool lanes that may not be the case.
If a bill eventually passes, pregnant women in Utah would soon receive an added perk while driving on state highways