Pregnant women can’t cruise alone in the fast lane, Utah lawmakers decide

An effort to let pregnant women drive in the HOV lane — and counting a fetus as a person — ultimately failed over concerns that the bill would result in a loss of federal funding for Utah’s transportation agency.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Stephanie Gricius in a meeting of the House Health and Human Services Standing Committee, in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023.