Violet Rose in The Rain 
**[Pregnant Texas woman driving in HOV lane told police her unborn child counted as a passenger](https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Pregnant-Texas-woman-driving-in-HOV-lane-told-17293221.php)**
> Brandy Bottone of Plano says she received a citation for driving alone in the two-or-more occupant lane after arguing her fetus should be considered a person.
[From a Reddit thread:](https://www.reddit.com/r/nottheonion/comments/vuners/pregnant_texas_woman_driving_in_hov_lane_told/iff4a9r?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3)
> I've said many times that the best way to make abortion legal at the federal level is for someone to successfully sue to force insurance companies to provide life insurance from the moment of conception. You have a miscarriage? Life insurance must be paid out.
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> Do that and watch how hard and fast insurance companies lobby Congress to legalize abortion.
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> Money is the only thing that politicians care about. Anyone who thinks they are opposed to abortion for moral reasons is fooling themselves. They'd pay for their mistress to have an abortion in a heartbeat. So if we can't beat Citizens United right now, let's use it.
> Brandy Bottone of Plano says she received a citation for driving alone in the two-or-more occupant lane after arguing her fetus should be considered a person.
[From a Reddit thread:](https://www.reddit.com/r/nottheonion/comments/vuners/pregnant_texas_woman_driving_in_hov_lane_told/iff4a9r?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3)
> I've said many times that the best way to make abortion legal at the federal level is for someone to successfully sue to force insurance companies to provide life insurance from the moment of conception. You have a miscarriage? Life insurance must be paid out.
>
> Do that and watch how hard and fast insurance companies lobby Congress to legalize abortion.
>
> Money is the only thing that politicians care about. Anyone who thinks they are opposed to abortion for moral reasons is fooling themselves. They'd pay for their mistress to have an abortion in a heartbeat. So if we can't beat Citizens United right now, let's use it.