A Virginia bill would deem a pregnant person's fetus a passenger in a car, thereby allowing the vehicle to use the car pool lane on highways.
, which a Republican legislator pre-filed in the General Assembly on Tuesday,"provides that a pregnant woman shall be considered two people for the purposes of determining occupancy" in high occupancy vehicle and high occupancy toll lanes on expressways in the state.
The legislation would require pregnant people to show"proof" of pregnancy, obtainable by having"certified" their pregnancies with the state Transportation Department. Under the bill, the certifications would then be"linked" to toll collection devices — typically E-Z Passes — in vehicles. Reproductive rights activists say the legislation amounts to a thinly veiled attempt by anti-abortion Republican lawmakers to further curtail abortion rights by advancing so-calledGet Philly local news, weather forecasts, sports and entertainment stories to your inbox.
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