The Massachusetts State Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would remove gendered language from birth certificates, erasing traditional family roles and language from the document.
Bill H.4750, described as “An Act to ensure legal parentage equality,” changes language concerning paternity, children born out of wedlock, as well as mothers and fathers.
Rather than referencing the child’s “mother,” the bill will swap out the word for the phrasing “person who gave birth.” The word “father,” meanwhile, will be replaced with “other parent.” The words “paternity” will be replaced with “parentage” and “his,” in reference to the father, will be replaced with “their.” The bill goes even further to replace the words “man” and “woman” with “persons.”
“It’s always been about corrupting our language, destroying the family, then taking away our rights & freedoms,” said Riley Gaines, former NCAA swimmer and women’s sports advocate, in a post on X.
The bill has now passed through both the state House and the state Senate unanimously. Once the bill reaches Gov. Maura Healey’s, D-Mass., desk, she has ten days to either sign or veto the legislation.
Massachusetts is not the first state to pass bills promoting radical gender ideology.
Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., recently signed a bill into law that allows schools to hide children’s gender dysphoria from their parents. Children can change their name, pronouns, and elect to use bathrooms for the opposite sex, and public schools are not required to notify the child’s parents.
Similar changes in language have been attempted at the federal level.
The Biden Administration recently attempted to change language in Title IX protections, swapping out “sex” for “gender identity.” A federal judge, along with lawsuits in multiple states, blocked the proposed change from taking place.
