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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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[-] JakenVeina@lemm.ee 136 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

This isn't just a horrifically-misleading headline, it's straight-up false.

The bill originally was written to directly establish personhood of a fetus, but Democrats got an amendment in that keeps the "pregnant mothers get to use the carpool lane" part, without the language that establishes personhood for a fetus. They literally called the Republicans' bluff on "this bill is about supporting mothers", by making that specific. This caused one Republican to retract his vote, because the amendment "guts the pro-life purpose of the bill".

[-] Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago

Thank you for putting my mind at ease after reading the heinously misleading title of the OP.

[-] MerrySkeptic@sh.itjust.works 32 points 2 days ago

Don't you know people who use the Internet can't be bothered to read the article!

[-] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 days ago

Some of us are completely illiterate!

[-] _stranger_@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I don't know what you said, but I like the way you said it.

[-] reiterationstation@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

I might believe democrats are playing 4d chess if they ever accomplished anything that didn’t get used against them.

[-] Goretantath@lemm.ee 16 points 2 days ago

How do cops determine if a woman is pregnant or beer bellied though? They make em pee on a stick they carry with the breathalyzer?

[-] Almacca@aussie.zone 8 points 2 days ago

It's still a stupid waste of everyone's time.

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