NY Lawmakers Passed a Bill Replacing 'Mother' and 'Father' with Gender-Neutral Terms, and Republicans Demand a Father's Day Veto

NY legislature passes bill replacing 'mother' and 'father' with 'gestating parent' and 'non-gestating parent'

The New York State Legislature passed a bill to replace gendered terms in state law with neutral terms, which has been met with criticism from Republicans and some religious groups, while supporters argue that it will better reflect the realities of modern families and prioritize parental conduct and the relationship exhibited in the recognition and care for children.

The Erasure of Mother and Father in New York – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

The first words out of my son’s mouth were “Mom” and “Dad,” words that capture the beautiful, natural reality of human life and family. Yet New York’s Democrat-controlled legislature has passed a bill that seeks to erase these foundational terms from state law, replacing “mother” with the clinical “gestating parent” and “father” with the soulless “non-gestating parent.” “Paternity” becomes “parentage,” and “putative father” yields to “alleged pa…

GOP lawmakers push Hochul to veto bill to erase ‘mother,’ ‘father’ from parts of NYS law

Paternity proceedings would now be called “parentage” proceedings, mothers would be “gestating parents” and fathers would be “non-gestating parents” in Family Court Law under the bill, which Hochul’s office has defended in recent weeks.