• Flax@feddit.uk
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    3 months ago

    Unironically should be legal. I think pregnant women should be able to claim child benefit, too.

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      3 months ago

      According to the article linked by another commenter, it literally is.

      She was ticketed, but it was then dismissed in court, because she was right.

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      3 months ago

      Definitely think you should be able to claim fetuses on taxes if you are pregnant pregnant more than half the year.

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          3 months ago

          I had thought about that, but also thought about how that would be spun by conservative pundits.

          Clearly, women will get pregnant once a year for the tax benefits of having a child, and then abort it.

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      3 months ago

      Does this apply further, though? If a car is registered for 4 passengers, would a fetus count towards that total?

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          3 months ago

          Maybe it’s not a US-thing? Cars in Norway have a registered numbers of seats specified in the car’s registration, so I just assumed this was a general thing.

          • Flax@feddit.uk
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            3 months ago

            I don’t live in the US. Although if it is registered seats, the seat is inside the mother, who is the vehicle for the baby, not the car