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Roe & Casey overturned.

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  • Aqua LetiferA Offline
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    Aqua Letifer
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    #195

    https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Pregnant-Texas-woman-driving-in-HOV-lane-told-17293221.php

    Please love yourself.

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    • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

      https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Pregnant-Texas-woman-driving-in-HOV-lane-told-17293221.php

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      @Aqua-Letifer said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

      https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Pregnant-Texas-woman-driving-in-HOV-lane-told-17293221.php

      The Roe overturn shouldn’t have anything to do with it. Texas has already established that pre-born have the same rights as anybody… Full props to this lady,

      The Brad

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      • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

        https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Pregnant-Texas-woman-driving-in-HOV-lane-told-17293221.php

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        @Aqua-Letifer said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

        https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Pregnant-Texas-woman-driving-in-HOV-lane-told-17293221.php

        I took care of a pregnant woman who was shot in the uterus. Fetus died, she survived.

        Perp charged with the death of the fetus. I don't remember the outcome of the charges.

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          @Aqua-Letifer said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

          https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Pregnant-Texas-woman-driving-in-HOV-lane-told-17293221.php

          I took care of a pregnant woman who was shot in the uterus. Fetus died, she survived.

          Perp charged with the death of the fetus. I don't remember the outcome of the charges.

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          jon-nyc
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          #198

          @George-K said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

          @Aqua-Letifer said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

          https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Pregnant-Texas-woman-driving-in-HOV-lane-told-17293221.php

          I took care of a pregnant woman who was shot in the uterus. Fetus died, she survived.

          Perp charged with the death of the fetus. I don't remember the outcome of the charges.

          It’s actually always been the case that different areas of the law define concepts differently. Indeed you’ve probably seen definition sections at the beginning of congressional bills many times. It seems counterintuitive when defining such concepts as ‘person’ or ‘murder’ but it’s common all the same (e.g. corporations are people under contract law but not, obviously, family law).

          So it’s pretty much always been the case that fetuses can (say) inherit money, or a person assaulting a pregnant woman can get charged with harming or killing the fetus, even though the same fetus could be aborted the next day.

          "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
          -Cormac McCarthy

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          • AxtremusA Away
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            Axtremus
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            #199

            From a pro-life, pro-family perspective, it wouldn't be a bad idea to let an otherwise unaccompanied pregnant women use the HOV lanes on the account that that will reduce stress and is thus good for the fetus and the pregnant women.

            There aren't that many pregnant women anyway so adding them to the HOV lanes shouldn't make that big of a difference to other users of the HOV lanes.

            If the police suspects a driver is lying about being pregnant, just write up a citation anyway and let the accused provide a healthcare provider's note to validate the pregnancy claim to get the citation voided.

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            • AxtremusA Axtremus

              From a pro-life, pro-family perspective, it wouldn't be a bad idea to let an otherwise unaccompanied pregnant women use the HOV lanes on the account that that will reduce stress and is thus good for the fetus and the pregnant women.

              There aren't that many pregnant women anyway so adding them to the HOV lanes shouldn't make that big of a difference to other users of the HOV lanes.

              If the police suspects a driver is lying about being pregnant, just write up a citation anyway and let the accused provide a healthcare provider's note to validate the pregnancy claim to get the citation voided.

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              @Axtremus said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

              From a pro-life, pro-family perspective, it wouldn't be a bad idea to let otherwise an unaccompanied pregnant women use the HOV lanes on the account that that will reduce stress and is thus good for the fetus and the pregnant women.

              There aren't that many pregnant women anyway so adding them to the HOV lanes shouldn't make that big of a difference to other users of the HOV lanes.

              If the police suspects a driver is lying about being pregnant, just write up a citation anyway and let the accused provide a healthcare provider's note to validate the pregnancy claim to get the citation voided.

              I think you've lurched into the truth...

              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                #201

                The rules regarding HOV lanes probably already took into account parents with kids (where “carpooling” isn’t saving any vehicle traffic) and perhaps even married spouses or family members.

                If not it was sloppy law writing to begin with. The intent of the law is to reward groups who reduce vehicle traffic. You can never target that with perfect precision, but you can do better than “mom with child” or “mom with fetus” gets to use the HOV lanes.

                "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                -Cormac McCarthy

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                • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                  The rules regarding HOV lanes probably already took into account parents with kids (where “carpooling” isn’t saving any vehicle traffic) and perhaps even married spouses or family members.

                  If not it was sloppy law writing to begin with. The intent of the law is to reward groups who reduce vehicle traffic. You can never target that with perfect precision, but you can do better than “mom with child” or “mom with fetus” gets to use the HOV lanes.

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                  #202

                  @jon-nyc said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

                  The rules regarding HOV lanes probably already took into account parents with kids (where “carpooling” isn’t saving any vehicle traffic) and perhaps even married spouses or family members.

                  If not it was sloppy law writing to begin with. The intent of the law is to reward groups who reduce vehicle traffic. You can never target that with perfect precision, but you can do better than “mom with child” or “mom with fetus” gets to use the HOV lanes.

                  Actually, babies and children do count as passengers for HOV lanes in all 50 states. I wasn’t expecting it when I looked it up. I had a completely different post in mind…

                  The Brad

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                  • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                    @jon-nyc said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

                    The rules regarding HOV lanes probably already took into account parents with kids (where “carpooling” isn’t saving any vehicle traffic) and perhaps even married spouses or family members.

                    If not it was sloppy law writing to begin with. The intent of the law is to reward groups who reduce vehicle traffic. You can never target that with perfect precision, but you can do better than “mom with child” or “mom with fetus” gets to use the HOV lanes.

                    Actually, babies and children do count as passengers for HOV lanes in all 50 states. I wasn’t expecting it when I looked it up. I had a completely different post in mind…

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                    jon-nyc
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                    #203

                    @LuFins-Dad

                    I allowed for the possibility but it's badly written law. The point is to reward behavior that results in fewer cars on the road.

                    "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                    -Cormac McCarthy

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                      #204

                      There is something to be said for simplicity and ease of enforcement in a law.

                      Education is extremely important.

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                        I regularly used the I-66 HOV lanes, solo, to go from Tysons to Reagan National to catch the Shuttle to LaGuardia. It was early 80's, not a lot of high-tech surveillance.

                        I was always late and in a hurry. I never got caught.

                        This was a good use of simplicity and ease of enforcement.

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                          In Indonesia, Jakarta (the capital city) has a minimum # of people in the car coming into the city during the morning rush hour.

                          There would always be street kids that you could pick up and pay them maybe USD$0.50 to ride with you into town so that you had enough people in your car.

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                          • CopperC Copper

                            I regularly used the I-66 HOV lanes, solo, to go from Tysons to Reagan National to catch the Shuttle to LaGuardia. It was early 80's, not a lot of high-tech surveillance.

                            I was always late and in a hurry. I never got caught.

                            This was a good use of simplicity and ease of enforcement.

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                            LuFins Dad
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                            #207

                            @Copper said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

                            I regularly used the I-66 HOV lanes, solo, to go from Tysons to Reagan National to catch the Shuttle to LaGuardia. It was early 80's, not a lot of high-tech surveillance.

                            I was always late and in a hurry. I never got caught.

                            This was a good use of simplicity and ease of enforcement.

                            When 66 became a Dynamic Toll Road a few years back, I became a Lyft Driver. Anytime I needed to go into DC I would turn on the directional filters and pick up a rider going into town. I got the HOV toll exemption and made gas money:..

                            The Brad

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                            • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                              @Copper said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

                              I regularly used the I-66 HOV lanes, solo, to go from Tysons to Reagan National to catch the Shuttle to LaGuardia. It was early 80's, not a lot of high-tech surveillance.

                              I was always late and in a hurry. I never got caught.

                              This was a good use of simplicity and ease of enforcement.

                              When 66 became a Dynamic Toll Road a few years back, I became a Lyft Driver. Anytime I needed to go into DC I would turn on the directional filters and pick up a rider going into town. I got the HOV toll exemption and made gas money:..

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                              @LuFins-Dad said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

                              When 66 became a Dynamic Toll Road a few years back

                              This is when my decision to move to another state became a little bit easier. The fact that toll roads are popping up everywhere instead of our tax money being used for the most basic of infrastructure needs... our roads. It's both incompatible with the philosophy of taxation as well as admittedly a bit of a class warfare where those without much money cannot afford to take certain roads.

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                              • 89th8 89th

                                @LuFins-Dad said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

                                When 66 became a Dynamic Toll Road a few years back

                                This is when my decision to move to another state became a little bit easier. The fact that toll roads are popping up everywhere instead of our tax money being used for the most basic of infrastructure needs... our roads. It's both incompatible with the philosophy of taxation as well as admittedly a bit of a class warfare where those without much money cannot afford to take certain roads.

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                                @89th said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

                                @LuFins-Dad said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

                                When 66 became a Dynamic Toll Road a few years back

                                This is when my decision to move to another state became a little bit easier. The fact that toll roads are popping up everywhere instead of our tax money being used for the most basic of infrastructure needs... our roads. It's both incompatible with the philosophy of taxation as well as admittedly a bit of a class warfare where those without much money cannot afford to take certain roads.

                                You know the worst part of that? They told us that as soon as the cost of the Dulles Toll Road was collected they would remove the toll booths.

                                Then they recovered the cost so fast they couldn't believe it. And they decided there was no way they would stop that huge money stream. If you don't like it, too bad, go take Route 7.

                                And of course most of the rest of the country gets free Interstate Highways, why should Fairfax County get nickel and dimed to death?

                                I really hate those toll roads.

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                                • CopperC Copper

                                  I regularly used the I-66 HOV lanes, solo, to go from Tysons to Reagan National to catch the Shuttle to LaGuardia. It was early 80's, not a lot of high-tech surveillance.

                                  I was always late and in a hurry. I never got caught.

                                  This was a good use of simplicity and ease of enforcement.

                                  MikM Away
                                  MikM Away
                                  Mik
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                                  #210

                                  @Copper said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

                                  I regularly used the I-66 HOV lanes, solo, to go from Tysons to Reagan National to catch the Shuttle to LaGuardia. It was early 80's, not a lot of high-tech surveillance.

                                  I was always late and in a hurry. I never got caught.

                                  This was a good use of simplicity and ease of enforcement.

                                  I used to use it in LA when I drove a stake truck all over the LA-Orange County area delivering hospital forms. Got caught once, it was $10. Meh.

                                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                  • CopperC Copper

                                    @89th said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

                                    @LuFins-Dad said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

                                    When 66 became a Dynamic Toll Road a few years back

                                    This is when my decision to move to another state became a little bit easier. The fact that toll roads are popping up everywhere instead of our tax money being used for the most basic of infrastructure needs... our roads. It's both incompatible with the philosophy of taxation as well as admittedly a bit of a class warfare where those without much money cannot afford to take certain roads.

                                    You know the worst part of that? They told us that as soon as the cost of the Dulles Toll Road was collected they would remove the toll booths.

                                    Then they recovered the cost so fast they couldn't believe it. And they decided there was no way they would stop that huge money stream. If you don't like it, too bad, go take Route 7.

                                    And of course most of the rest of the country gets free Interstate Highways, why should Fairfax County get nickel and dimed to death?

                                    I really hate those toll roads.

                                    MikM Away
                                    MikM Away
                                    Mik
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                                    #211

                                    @Copper said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

                                    @89th said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

                                    @LuFins-Dad said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

                                    When 66 became a Dynamic Toll Road a few years back

                                    This is when my decision to move to another state became a little bit easier. The fact that toll roads are popping up everywhere instead of our tax money being used for the most basic of infrastructure needs... our roads. It's both incompatible with the philosophy of taxation as well as admittedly a bit of a class warfare where those without much money cannot afford to take certain roads.

                                    You know the worst part of that? They told us that as soon as the cost of the Dulles Toll Road was collected they would remove the toll booths.

                                    Then they recovered the cost so fast they couldn't believe it. And they decided there was no way they would stop that huge money stream. If you don't like it, too bad, go take Route 7.

                                    And of course most of the rest of the country gets free Interstate Highways, why should Fairfax County get nickel and dimed to death?

                                    I really hate those toll roads.

                                    It's to get those freeloading EV bastards.

                                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                      The. Most. Thread. Drift. Ever.

                                      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                        The. Most. Thread. Drift. Ever.

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                                        jon-nyc
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                                        @Jolly said in Roe & Casey overturned.:

                                        The. Most. Thread. Drift. Ever.

                                        Remember many years ago we would joke about how so many threads would devolve into evolution or abortion threads?

                                        Now the abortion threads devolve into HOV gaming.

                                        We’re getting soft.

                                        "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                        -Cormac McCarthy

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                                          Now that you mention it, could a pregnant person count the unborn as a passenger in the HOV lane if she was on her way to have an abortion?

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