[JR in Orlando]

A quick response: I think that few women claim to be pregnant in order to get the benefits thereof. In fact, pregnancy benefits society and should be given the assistance needed. The local Public grocery store had a parking space up front for pregnant women with a picture of a stork on it. I thought was great. Unfortunately, so many other people parked in it that it was taken out.

In contrast, many people, believe, claim a disability in order to get SSI, a parking space, and other benefits and that results in reducing what the truly disabled people can receive. There is no societal downside to making such a claim, and thus by law rule, or regulations the government must prevent such people from gaming the system. Maybe another very disabled persons would have received their wheelchair quicker, if the original poster had simply walked which he was capable of doing. Certainly I have seen people who park in the handicap space and walk around the mall, while someone in a wheelchair has to come from far out because all the handicap spaces were taken by such people. Pregnancy is not the type of condition one would normally expect to be falsely claimed.