there is no other option about where to put it. It's in your belly; can't strap it in the back seat or something.
That said, this region (to my knowledge) doesn't have ANY laws about child safety/restraint seats, and they rarely enforce seatbelt rules or having children ride in the back seat, so their charging this woman seems rather fickle in this situation.
But it also has to be understood that women's lives don't -- and CAN'T -- just STOP when they become pregnant. We work, drive around town and do errands, shuttle our other kids to and from activities, go out with our husbands...
Unless the government wants to become a whole lot MORE of a welfare state, they should trust that most women don't recklessly endanger themselves or their fetuses.
As another poster brought up too: why is the line drawn at third trimester? Is this because currently only fetuses of 24 weeks of age are viable outside of the uterus? Then they should say that (because with medical advances, that may change).
And if they're going to make this a law, then by God, EVERY 6 month old fetus that dies as a result of what they see as negligence better be prosecuted as manslaughter... You can't just pick and choose who to charge and who to let slide.
"Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise."
-- Maya Angelou
there is no other option about where to put it. It's in your belly; can't strap it in the back seat or something.
That said, this region (to my knowledge) doesn't have ANY laws about child safety/restraint seats, and they rarely enforce seatbelt rules or having children ride in the back seat, so their charging this woman seems rather fickle in this situation.
But it also has to be understood that women's lives don't -- and CAN'T -- just STOP when they become pregnant. We work, drive around town and do errands, shuttle our other kids to and from activities, go out with our husbands...
Unless the government wants to become a whole lot MORE of a welfare state, they should trust that most women don't recklessly endanger themselves or their fetuses.
As another poster brought up too: why is the line drawn at third trimester? Is this because currently only fetuses of 24 weeks of age are viable outside of the uterus? Then they should say that (because with medical advances, that may change).
And if they're going to make this a law, then by God, EVERY 6 month old fetus that dies as a result of what they see as negligence better be prosecuted as manslaughter... You can't just pick and choose who to charge and who to let slide.
"Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise."
-- Maya Angelou