(The Center Square) – There’s once again anger in Wisconsin over what to call pregnant women.
Republicans in the state are furious with a piece of legislation from Democrats that replaces the word mother with a slew of gender-neutral terms as part of an LGBTQ agenda.
“[Thursday], Democrats introduced a 164-page bill that strikes out the word ‘mother’ over 370 times and replaces it with phrases like ‘pregnant person,’” Rep. Amanda Nedweski, R-Pleasant Prairie wrote on social media. “They also use phrases like ‘person’s breastfeeding’ because apparently men can breastfeed. The Party of Science, everyone.”
It’s not just Republicans at the state capitol.
Northwoods Congressman Tom Tiffany also took to social media to express his outrage.
“First, Gov. [Tony] Evers tried to change ‘mother’ to ‘inseminated person.’ Now, Wisconsin Democrats want to change ‘expectant mother’ to ‘pregnant person,” Tiffany wrote. “Why are they so hell-bent on erasing mothers? It’s disrespectful and absurd.”
Evers touched off a wave of anger in February when a piece of his budget changed mother to “inseminated person” in a change to state law dealing with parental custody.
Democrats at the Wisconsin Capitol offered a similar defense.
“More than ever we must take steps to ensure equal rights and protections under the law for our Wisconsin LGBTQ+ community and their families. As we have seen basic rights and freedoms be threatened or denied at the federal level, it is important that Wisconsin take our own legislative steps to make sure that every resident of Wisconsin can live authentically as themselves without threat to their marriage, parentage, mental health or safety,” Rep. Lee Snodgrass, D-Appleon, said in a statement. “All Wisconsin citizens deserve equal rights and opportunities under the law and these bills make meaningful steps toward making that a reality.”
The changes to mother are part of one bill, that is part of a larger LGBQ package from Wisconsin Democrats.
