A Texas woman argues that her unborn baby should count as a passenger after she was fined for driving through a high-occupancy lane.

o Brandy Bottone was given the $275 ticket on 29 June after she was stopped by police in Texas.

o  She argues against authorities that her unborn child be counted as a person.

Woman demands that baby be treated as person 

Brandy Bottone, 32, was given the $275 ticket on 29 June after being stopped by police in Texas.

Texas woman argues on her unborn baby that in the light of the overturning of the constitutional right to abortion by the Supreme Court, her unborn child legally counts as a person.

Ms. Bottone, who is 34 weeks pregnant, plans to reverse her fine in court.

She said the incident took place after she used the high-occupancy lane, which requires at least two passengers in a vehicle, while in a hurry to collect her six-year-old son.

As she exited the lane, she was stopped by police and given the fine.

Ms. Bottone told News Outlets that when she asked whether there were any other passengers in her car, she pointed to her stomach and told the officer that her baby is right there and that she is a person.

The officer, however, allegedly said that the lane requires two people traveling outside the body and proceeded to issue her the fine.

Texas woman argues on her unborn child.

The woman has taken up the issue with court, demanding that after the recent ban on abortion rights and hyper focus the rights of unborn children, that her unborn child be viewed as a person as well. 

Complications in law regarding status of Texas’s woman unborn child

The recent decision made by the Supreme Court to reverse Roe v Wade, the 50-year-old landmark ruling that guaranteed the constitutional right to an abortion, has influenced debates about the rights of unborn children.

Texas was among 13 US states that had a pre-approved abortion ban triggered by the Supreme Court’s ruling.

At the end of June, the judge granting a temporary injunction giving abortion clinics in the state only two more weeks to operate.

This ruling, however, was blocked by the Texas Supreme Court. Ms. Bottone believes that it is odd to stop her and that in Texas, her unborn child fully counts as a baby.

Ms. Bottone added that she has used the high-occupancy lane in her previous pregnancy as well.

She told the newspaper that she believes women should have a choice in what they do with their bodies while denying that she is pro-choice.

While the Texas penal code recognizes an unborn baby as a person, current laws pertaining to transportation in the state of Texas do not.

Legal experts warn that Ms. Bottone’s case brings up a gray area after the Supreme Court’s decision last month.

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