CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JUNE 19, 2026
NEW YORK GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL IS BEING WATCHED TO SEE IF SHE WILL SIGN A BILL PASSED BY THE STATE DEMOCRAT MAJORITY LEGISLATURE WHICH WOULD REMOVE THE WORD “MOTHER” FROM ALL STATE PAPERS AND COMMUNICATIONS, REPLACING IT WITH “GESTATING PARENT.” FATHER WOULD BECOME “NON-GESTATING PARENT.” JUST IN TIME FOR FATHER’S DAY ON THAT ONE. I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE GREETING CARD COMPANIES PROVIDING SPECIAL CARDS FOR THE GESTATING AND NON-GESTATING PARENT. FLOWER COMPANIES WILL HAVE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR MOTHER’S DAY.
THIS REACTION FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: “THE BILL SAYS THAT PROCEEDINGS TO ESTABLISH ‘PARENTAGE’ – THE NEW WORD FOR PATERNITY – CAN BE STARTED BY THE ‘GESTATING PARENT’, OR ALLEGED ‘NON-GESTATING PARENT.’ THE ARGUMENT MADE FOR THIS RE-WRITE IS THAT CURRENT LAW DOES NOT REFLECT THE DIVERSITY OF FAMILY LIFE IN THE 21ST CENTURY.”
SO ONCE AGAIN A TINY PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE GET TO DICTATE WHAT THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY BELIEVE AND PRACTICE. ONE HOPES GOVERNOR HOCHUL, WHO HAS DESCRIBED HERSELF AS “MOM GOVERNOR” WON’T SIGN THE BILL. IF SHE DOES, SHE WILL HAVE TO CHANGE HER DESIGNATION TO “GESTATING GOVERNOR.” I’M CAL THOMAS.
