California bill would give disabled parking to pregnant women
March 21st, 2008From the Sacramento Bee:
California lawmakers are considering granting special parking privileges to women in the final three months of pregnancy and the first two months after birth.
Assemblyman Chuck DeVore’s bill would qualify pregnant women for “temporarily disabled” parking placards from the Department of Motor Vehicles.
… Opponents of the new proposal, Assembly Bill 1940, say pregnant women should be exercising as much as possible and that the legislation could reduce parking for motorists with more serious disabilities.
… Helen Grieco, executive director of the California chapter of the National Organization for Women, said AB 1940 inadvertently could send the wrong societal message.
“It’s very much a normal part of a woman’s life – we have children,” Grieco said. “So we’ve always been troubled by framing pregnancy as a disability.”
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