Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has defended a proposal to change the term “mother” to “inseminated person” in state law.
Speaking at an event at the Marathon County Public Library in Wausau on Monday, Evers backed the proposed changes and clarified they would only apply to IVF procedures done within Wisconsin.
“Mother” was replaced with a gender-neutral term at least 30 times and “father” was swapped out more than 120 times throughout the 1,917-page document, according to a review by Republican State Representative Amanda Nedweski.
Wisconsin State Assembly Speaker Robin Voss added: “Once again our woke DEI-loving Governor reminds us just how liberal and out of touch today's Democratic Party really is.”.
Specific details around how the removal of the gendered terms would expand access to IVF treatment or the alleged legal barriers currently in place were not addressed by the governor.
