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NY Bill Swaps Mother/Father for “Gestating Parent” Amid Partisan Clash

6/4/2026

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New York’s Senate and Assembly approved a bill replacing “mother” and “father” with “gestating parent” and “non-gestating parent,” and forwarded it to Governor Kathy Hochul.
State Conservative Party Chairman Gerard Kassar and Republican candidate Bruce Blakeman called the measure unnecessary and a war on families, respectively, and pledged repeal.
Supporters including Senator Luis Sepulveda and adoption lawyer Leslie Silver-Hoffman argue the update aligns state law with surrogacy and same-sex parenting.

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New York’s Senate and Assembly approved a bill replacing “mother” and “father” with “gestating parent” and “non-gestating parent,” and forwarded it to Governor Kathy Hochul.
State Conservative Party Chairman Gerard Kassar and Republican candidate Bruce Blakeman called the measure unnecessary and a war on families, respectively, and pledged repeal.
Supporters including Senator Luis Sepulveda and adoption lawyer Leslie Silver-Hoffman argue the update aligns state law with surrogacy and same-sex parenting.