Handicap placard for pregnancy and postpartum should be the default

What would be the downside of offering handicap placards to pregnant and pp women?

For context, I live in a snowy area. Yesterday I slipped on ice at my daughter’s school and twisted my ankle and fell. Thankfully I was going in versus leaving and carrying her. (This is actually how I went into labor with my first - pregnancy turns my ankles to jello.)

I called my doc to get a handicap placard to hopefully avoid this again and got major flack, they made me feel like I was “gaming the system” or something? And thennnn they were like btw are you ok from falling? 🤦‍♀️

With my first I was able to get a handicap placard in my last trimester through baby being 3 months old no problem. Such a lifesaver for someone having pelvic floor and shoulder issues, but also having to go to the grocery store and do life with a small, heavy ass baby.

I feel like if men were the ones dealing with pregnancy and postpartum, it would be a default.