A bill introduced in Wisconsin replaces the word ‘mother’ with phrases like ‘pregnant person’ or ‘expectant parent.’
“Today, Democrats introduced a 164 page bill that strikes out the word ‘mother’ over 370 times and replaces it with phrases like ‘pregnant person.’ They also use phrases like ‘person’s breastfeeding’ because apparently men can breastfeed. The Party of Science, everyone,” Wisconsin State Rep. Amanda Nedweski, a Republican, said.
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Today, Democrats introduced a 164 page bill that strikes out the word “mother” over 370 times and replaces it with phrases like “pregnant person.”
They also use phrases like “person’s breastfeeding” because apparently men can breastfeed.
The Party of Science, everyone. pic.twitter.com/4XN55iL7JK
— Rep. Amanda Nedweski (@RepNedweski32) May 29, 2025
A closer look:
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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 h***-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.
ADVERTISEMENTDemocrats 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 controversial bill is part of a larger LGBTQ+ package introduced by Wisconsin Democrats.
This morning, the Wisconsin LGBTQ+ Legislative Caucus introduced the 2025 Equality Agenda. This package of bills would modernize state statutes, and provide greater protections for the LGBTQ+ community statewide. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/2QGroiDPnC
— Fair Wisconsin (@Fair_Wisconsin) May 29, 2025
Per WisPolitics:
LGBTQ+ Caucus Chair Sen. Mark Spreitzer argued Wisconsin should update its constitution to ensure no residents’ marriages are in doubt.
“This constitutional amendment would remove discriminatory language from our state constitution and ensure that my right to marry the person I love, and every Wisconsinite’s right to marry the person they love is not dependent on the votes of nine US Supreme Court justices, some of whom have publicly threatened to roll back these rights,” the Beloit Democrat said at a press conference yesterday.
Legislative Democrats and members of the LGBTQ+ Caucus introduced a package of legislation defending LGBTQ+ rights heading into Pride Month in June.
Rep. Lee Snodgrass, D-Appleton, presented a bill she authored that would ban conversion therapy.
“Conversion therapy is a harmful, pseudoscientific practice of trying to counsel someone away from their true self to change a person’s individual sexual orientation or gender identity using psychological or spiritual interventions,” Snodgrass said.
