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Amala Ekpunobi

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Amala Ekpunobi
I’m Going To Be A Mother. Not A “Gestating Parent.”

New York Democrats want to change the terms mother and father to gestating parent and non-gestating parent.

Amala Ekpunobi
I’m Going To Be A Mother. Not A “Gestating Parent.”

And as a gestating parent, I'm pissed off.

Amala Ekpunobi
I’m Going To Be A Mother. Not A “Gestating Parent.”

Happy Pride Month, I guess.

Amala Ekpunobi
I’m Going To Be A Mother. Not A “Gestating Parent.”

Let's talk about it.

Amala Ekpunobi
I’m Going To Be A Mother. Not A “Gestating Parent.”

Yeah, you better.

Amala Ekpunobi
I’m Going To Be A Mother. Not A “Gestating Parent.”

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Amala Ekpunobi
I’m Going To Be A Mother. Not A “Gestating Parent.”

Guys, I guess I'm not a mother anymore.

Amala Ekpunobi
I’m Going To Be A Mother. Not A “Gestating Parent.”

I'm a gestating parent.

Amala Ekpunobi
I’m Going To Be A Mother. Not A “Gestating Parent.”

At least that is possibly going to be the case in the state of New York, where Democrats have just proposed changing these terms in legal matters from mother and father to gestating parents and non-gestating parents.

Amala Ekpunobi
I’m Going To Be A Mother. Not A “Gestating Parent.”

I'm going to show you a news clip here so we can get straight into this.

Amala Ekpunobi
I’m Going To Be A Mother. Not A “Gestating Parent.”

When I tell you there is a war on language right now, I mean it.

Amala Ekpunobi
I’m Going To Be A Mother. Not A “Gestating Parent.”

Let's watch.

Amala Ekpunobi
I’m Going To Be A Mother. Not A “Gestating Parent.”

Guys, you can't make this stuff up.

Amala Ekpunobi
I’m Going To Be A Mother. Not A “Gestating Parent.”

Now, they're saying that this change is necessary because they're dealing with same-sex couples and surrogacy cases.

Amala Ekpunobi
I’m Going To Be A Mother. Not A “Gestating Parent.”

In the case of surrogacy, you have the surrogate who would be the gestating woman, I guess, but wouldn't be the mother.

Amala Ekpunobi
I’m Going To Be A Mother. Not A “Gestating Parent.”

So why do you feel the need to change the term mother to gestating parent?

Amala Ekpunobi
I’m Going To Be A Mother. Not A “Gestating Parent.”

For same-sex couples, you would still have

Amala Ekpunobi
I’m Going To Be A Mother. Not A “Gestating Parent.”

a father and a father and a mother and a mother so why is it necessary to change these terms in a legal sense i have a feeling there's more going on here that we're just trying to be inclusive with this language in order to be inclusive we're willing to push men and women and by that i mean biological men and biological women to the side even though they are mothers and fathers

Amala Ekpunobi
I’m Going To Be A Mother. Not A “Gestating Parent.”

And this is happening during pride month.

Amala Ekpunobi
I’m Going To Be A Mother. Not A “Gestating Parent.”

So I think I'm connecting some dots.

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