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

By Big New York · 06/19/2026 · Updated 06/19/2026
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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… Republican state lawmakers pushed Gov. Kathy Hochul to take a stand ahead of Father’s Day to veto a woke bill that would erase “mother” and “father” from.

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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… Republican state lawmakers pushed Gov. Kathy Hochul to take a stand ahead of Father’s Day to veto a woke bill that would erase “mother” and “father” from.

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