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Old 26-03-2008, 23:38   #6
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Re: should pregnant women be allowed to use disabled parking spots

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Originally Posted by steeljack View Post
Bit of a debate going on over here , one Assembly member wanted to make it legal for women more than 6 months pregnant , and for two months after giving birth to be able use disabled parking spots

Politics - California legislators kill bill to give parking privileges to pregnant women - sacbee.com

suprisingly some opposition came from womens groups , one spokeswoman said ..."Most women, not all women, in pregnacy should be physically active "

anyone care to comment .....
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We can go one better than that here in the U.K.

Although many carparks do have mother and child spaces, as well as designated disabled spaces, one heavily pregnant mother was fined when she parked in a mother and child parking space, because she didn't actually have the child 'with her'.

Heavily pregnant woman fined £90 for parking in mother and toddler bay at Tesco | the Daily Mail
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