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Texas Democrats Help Pass Bill Letting Fetuses Count for the HOV Lane (www.jezebel.com)

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Republican lawmakers in Texas have once again introduced a bill that tries to shove fetal personhood into carpool lane regulations. This time, however, the bill passed the House after an amendment from Democrats to include all mothers, whether their children are in the car or not. The dangerous proposal that could further entrench the idea of personhood into state law now goes to the Senate for consideration.

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[–] Ghostbanjo1949@lemmy.mengsk.org 3 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Came here to say this too. This just makes HOV pointless.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 2 points 2 hours ago

In my experience , they're pretty much already useless anyway.

[–] BigPotato@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

They're not managed at all anyway. This just paves the way towards pulling up the little bumpy things that divide the HOV from the rest of the road.

[–] Ghostbanjo1949@lemmy.mengsk.org 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe in Texas, but other states I've lived in they are definitely managed and enforced.

[–] BigPotato@lemmy.world 1 points 29 minutes ago

But this article is about Texas...