French MP wants disabled parking access for pregnant women
The change would only apply to the last three-months of pregnancy
A new bill that aims to allow women in the final three months of pregnancy to use disabled parking spaces has been submitted to the French parliament.
The , submitted on March 9, has been proposed by Fr茅d茅rique Meunier, an MP for right-wing party Les R茅publicains, and backed by 25 other MPs.
The bill reads, 鈥渕others-to-be are finding it increasingly difficult to park and access town centres.
鈥淚t is proposed that women who are more than six months pregnant be allowed to park their vehicles in disabled parking spaces, and/or where appropriate, to use spaces reserved for this purpose by municipalities and commercial signage.鈥�
In order for the women to benefit from this right, they would have to go to their local prefecture and present a written promise (d茅claration sur l鈥檋onneur) and a medical certificate. They would then receive a badge that will have an end date that they can put in their car.
The use of the parking spaces would not exempt the women from having to pay parking fees, the bill states.
The bill also suggests going further and creating parking spaces specially dedicated to pregnant women.
Some mairies or retailers in France have already created dedicated spaces for pregnant women, such as in Villennes-sur-Seine (Yvelines), .
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