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Absofarkinglutely NO. Disabled people have a hard enough time finding a parking space. The concept that they're rarely used is total BS and is becoming less true as our population ages and becomes more disabled. My brother is disabled, and we usually have a HELL of a time finding an accessible spot - remember, unless the spot is VAN accessible (has the white hashmarks next to it to keep people from parking next to the spot), then wheelchair users can't use it, because they can't get the lift down from the side of the van.
Now it's being suggested that someone who CHOOSES to get pregnant gets priority parking, keeping people who DID NOT CHOOSE to get disabled from being able to park? That's ridiculous. You CHOSE to be pregnant. You KNEW what would happen if you got pregnant. You KNEW you'd get bigger and getting around would be temporarilly harder (though not as hard as for a disabled person.) Made. Bed. Lie.
This is just another example of so many parents in our society who think they're entitled to special privledges just because they chose to have children.
If you wanna have kids, that's GREAT. I hope you raise them to be good, productive members of society. But society did not choose to have your child and society should not have to suffer because of your choice.
If you give away handicapped spaces to pregnant women, the disabled will find it next to impossible to find a place to park.
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