Georgia Opens HOV Lanes for Pregnant Moms, Because Unborn Babies are People Too

Georgia is making sure unborn babies get treated as valuable human beings in all areas of the law, from banning abortions to including them in census data to recognizing them as second passengers in vehicles on the road.

WABE reports the Georgia Department of Public Safety recently changed the description of its high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane requirements to allow pregnant mothers to use them. The lanes are reserved for vehicles with two or more passengers.

The change is the result of the state heartbeat law, which recently went into effect. The pro-life law protects unborn babies by banning abortions once their heartbeat is detectable, about six weeks of pregnancy, and recognizes babies in the womb as “natural persons.”

As a result, pregnant mothers may collect child support before their baby is born, parents may claim their unborn baby as a dependent on their taxes and census data will begin including babies in the womb….(Excerpt from LIFENEWS.COM)