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The Guardian - US
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Ed Pilkington

Pregnant Texas mother ticketed again for carpool lane Roe protest

Brandy Bottone poses at her home in Plano, Texas on 6 July 2022.
Brandy Bottone poses at her home in Plano, Texas, in July. Photograph: Jason Janik/AP

A pregnant woman from Texas who made news around the world after she protested against being cited for driving in a high-occupancy (HOV) lane in the wake of the state’s new anti-abortion law has been ticketed a second time.

Brandy Bottone, 32 and from Plano, became an international sensation when she was issued her first traffic ticket for violating the HOV rules in June.

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