New York Assembly sends bill to Hochul’s desk to replace ‘mother’ and ‘father’ with gender neutral terms

A new bill passed by the New York state legislature on Tuesday is heading to Democratic Gov.

Kathy Hochul’s desk, and it seeks to switch language in several laws to so-called “gender neutral language.”  Should Hochul sign off, “mother” and “father” would be switched to “gestating” and “non-gestating” parent, respectively, and “paternity” and “filiation” would […] ...