Demented NY Dems Erase "Mother" From State Law, Replace Her With "Gestating Parent"
by Tyler Durden
Friday, Jun 05, 2026 - 09:00 AM
Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity,
Latest nonsense targets family courts, custody, and parental rights
Outrage is exploding after New York Democrats rammed through legislation that strips the words "mother" and "father" from key sections of state law and replaces them with cold, clinical inventions: "gestating parent" and "non-gestating parent."
Yes, really. They're pushing for the erasure of biological motherhood and fatherhood in the name of activist ideology.
The bill passed the Assembly months ago and cleared the Senate this week with minimal debate. It now sits on Governor Kathy Hochul's desk. If she signs it, the changes take effect November 1 and will rewrite references across family court proceedings, domestic relations, child support, custody determinations, and even education statutes. "Paternity" becomes "parentage." "Putative father" becomes "alleged parent."
Sponsors Sen. Luis Sepulveda and Assemblywoman Amy Paulin packaged the overhaul as a long-overdue update to parentage laws. The memo claims the new language simply aligns statutes with existing court rulings and accommodates surrogacy arrangements plus same-sex parenting.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/demented-ny-dems-erase-mother-state-law-replace-her-gestating-parent