New York Democrats have passed a bill that would replace the words "mother" and "father" in state law with "gestating parent" and "non-gestating parent" — and the only thing standing between sanity and this Orwellian nightmare is Governor Kathy Hochul's signature.
Gestating parent. That's what they want to call your mom. Sounds like something a Martian would say after reading a Wikipedia article about human reproduction.
The bill, which passed the state Assembly back in March 2026 and cleared the Senate in early June, would scrub the terms "mother," "father," and "paternity" from child custody, parental, domestic, and education laws across the state. In their place? "Gestating parent," "non-gestating parent," and "parentage." Because nothing says "we respect women" like erasing the word that defines womanhood's most sacred role.
The legislation now sits on Hochul's desk. When asked whether she'd sign it, the governor offered this profile in courage: "I have until the end of the year to review them and make a decision, so I won't be commenting on pending legislation."
Translation: she's checking the polls first.
George Washington University constitutional law professor Jonathon Turley didn't miss a beat, posting on X: "Just in time for 'Non-Gestating Parent Day.'" He added, "For my part I look forward to June 21st for a day of grilling and non-gestating." Give that man a holiday card.
Black minister and social media influencer Jordon Wells called the measure "pure insanity," noting it attempts to reverse a practice existing "6,000 years." He's not wrong. Humanity has had mothers and fathers since the beginning of recorded history, but apparently a handful of Albany politicians know better than every civilization that ever existed.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman went straight for the jugular: "In Kathy Hochul's New York, 'mom' is now defined as 'gestating parent.' Not when I'm governor!" He added, "I'll stand up for moms and dads against this insanity."
U.S. Representative Claudia Tenney, Republican from New York, piled on: "The party that can't define a woman is now rewriting New York law to erase mothers and fathers. Only in Albany could 'mom' and 'dad' become too controversial."
She nailed it. These are the same people who spent years telling us they were the party of women. The party of empowerment. The party of "the future is female." And now they can't even bring themselves to use the word "mother" in legislation about motherhood.
This isn't inclusion. This is erasure. They're not adding anyone to the definition of parenthood — they're subtracting women from it. Every mother in New York reduced to a biological process. A "gestating" unit. A vessel with a legal classification that sounds like it belongs on a medical chart in a dystopian novel.
Happy Non-Gestating Parent Day, New York. Your legislature just told every mom in the state that her title is too offensive for government paperwork.
