Sentence two is correct.

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1. Mothers with babies, the elderly, the disabled are all fair game.
2. Mothers with babies, the elderly, and the disabled are all fair game.
I think that sentence 2 is grammatical. What do you think of sentence 1?
Sentence two is correct.
Yes, sentence 2 is correct, and sentence 1 is...
It's a common way of writing. It's a style.
I'd prefer #2 because it's more standard, but I wouldn't say #1 was wrong.
Mothers, the elderly, the disabled: all are fair game.
That works too.
In speech, number 1 wouldn't raise many eyebrows.
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