Trump mocks New York surrogacy bill's gender-neutral language
Former president criticises legislation replacing 'mother' and 'father' with 'gestating parent' and 'non-gestating parent'.
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Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Oncenter Convention Center in Syracuse, New York, on October 9, 2026.
Photograph: Newsweek (embedded from source)
What this story says
- Donald Trump mocked a New York bill that replaces 'mother' and 'father' with 'gestating parent' and 'non-gestating parent'.
- Trump linked the legislation to Governor Kathy Hochul's stance on transgender healthcare and women's sports.
- A spokesperson for Governor Hochul stated the governor believes 'mothers are mothers and fathers are fathers' and that the bill addresses technical legal issues.
- Several thousand supporters attended the campaign rally in Syracuse, according to the New York Post.
Who covered it
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Trust
42/100
Craft
61/100
Hype
41/100
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Thin on the left so far
None of the 8 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
During a campaign rally in Syracuse, New York, Donald Trump criticised legislation that revises terminology related to surrogacy. The bill replaces terms such as 'mother' and 'father' with 'gestating parent' and 'non-gestating parent', and 'paternity' hearings with 'parentage' hearings.
Trump linked the New York bill to Governor Kathy Hochul's positions on transgender health care for children and participation in women's sports. He told supporters that the governor 'supports transgender mutilation of your children. She supports men in women’s sports and a bill that would change the terms of mother and father to gestating and non-gestating parents'.
A spokesperson for Governor Hochul stated that the governor 'believes mothers are mothers and fathers are fathers, and no legislation changes that.' The spokesperson added that the legislation 'appears to address technical legal issues related to surrogacy and parentage' and that 'anyone making bad-faith arguments is deliberately misleading New Yorkers for political gain'.
Disagreement on the bill's intent
Trump and Republican gubernatorial nominee Bruce Blakeman presented the bill as evidence of an ideological shift and government overreach. Blakeman called the measure 'insane' and stated, 'They want to take control away from parents. They’re denigrating moms and dads. They’re letting Albany make the decisions that should be up to parents.' In contrast, Hochul's office maintained the bill's purpose was narrower, rooted in legal precision.
What the coverage left out
None of the centre or right-rated reports mentioned the specific date the New York surrogacy bill was passed, only that it was passed by state lawmakers. The New York Post digest did not include the detail that Mike Tyson briefly joined Trump on stage, a fact reported by Newsweek.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 5 times, most recently on 11 Oct 2026, 00:00, and will add the sides that appear.
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Trump mocks New York for switching 'mother' for 'gestating parent' in state law during Syracuse rally
Internewscast — embedded from source
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Centre
2 rated outlets
- Both centre-rated reports, Newsweek and Internewscast, led with Donald Trump mocking the New York law that replaces 'mother' and 'father' with 'gestating parent'. They reported Trump's linkage of the bill to Governor Kathy Hochul's policies on transgender health care and women's sports. Both outlets quoted Hochul's spokesperson stating the governor believes 'mothers are mothers and fathers are fathers' and that the legislation addresses technical legal issues. Newsweek also included details about the number of supporters at the rally and polling data for the New York gubernatorial race.
Right
6 rated outlets
- The right-rated reports focused on Trump's mockery of the New York law and its terminology. The Gateway Pundit described Trump as roasting 'New York Democrats over a proposal to get rid of the words mother and father' and blasted 'woke gender insanity'. PJ Media highlighted Trump's 'Hi, Gestating' quip, calling it 'a riot'. Twitchy also focused on the 'Hi Gestating' line, stating it was an 'instant classic'. Le Figaro reported Trump 'strangled' the law, which it said 'wants to degenerate family law'. The New York Post reported Trump blasted 'radical left lunatic' Governor Kathy Hochul and state legislators for passing the bill.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Trump mocks New York surrogacy bill's gender-neutral language?
- Of the 8 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 25% are rated centre, 75% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 12. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Trump mocks New York surrogacy bill's gender-neutral language left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 8 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Trump mocks New York surrogacy bill's gender-neutral language biased?
- Trump mocks New York surrogacy bill's gender-neutral language is one event reported by 12 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Trump mocks New York surrogacy bill's gender-neutral language?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Trump mocks New York surrogacy bill's gender-neutral language?
- 12 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What is the New York law Donald Trump criticised?
- Donald Trump criticised a New York law that revises terminology in state legislation related to surrogacy. The bill replaces terms like 'mother' and 'father' with 'gestating parent' and 'non-gestating parent', and changes 'paternity' hearings to 'parentage' hearings.
- How did Donald Trump link the law to Governor Hochul?
- Donald Trump linked the New York bill to Governor Kathy Hochul's positions on transgender health care for children and participation in women's sports. He stated that the governor supports these policies and the bill.
- What was Governor Hochul's response to the criticism?
- A spokesperson for Governor Hochul stated that the governor believes 'mothers are mothers and fathers are fathers' and that the legislation appears to address technical legal issues. The spokesperson also suggested that critics were making 'bad-faith arguments' for political gain.
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12 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Centre
2Right
6- Trump Delivers Hilarious Takedown of Dems' Woke Words for Women at NY Rally, Shuts Down a Heckler (opens RedState in a new tab)
RedState — is RedState biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- Trump Drops Hilarious Line on Kathy Hochul and New York Democrats Changing “Mother” and “Father” to “Gestating Parent” and “Non-Gestating Parent” (opens The Gateway Pundit in a new tab)
The Gateway Pundit — is The Gateway Pundit biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- ‘Hi, Gestating’: Trump Mocks Hochul, and It's a Riot (opens PJ Media in a new tab)
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- ‘Hi Gestating, I Love You So Much Gestating’: Trump Drops Instant Classic and the Left Is Seething (opens Twitchy in a new tab)
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- "We Must No Longer Say "Maman" but "Parent Pregnant!": Trump Strangles a New York Law that Wants to Degenerate Family Law (opens Le Figaro in a new tab)
Le Figaro — is Le Figaro biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- Trump mocks New York for switching ‘mother’ to ‘gestating parent’ in state law during Syracuse rally (opens New York Post in a new tab)
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4- "We Should No Longer Say 'Mother', but 'Expectant Parent'!" (opens BAKU.WS in a new tab)
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- Trump Mocks New York Law Replacing ‘Mother’ With ‘Gestating Parent’ (opens BizToc in a new tab)
- TRUMP SPEECH LIVE: Donald Trump Delivers Remarks in Syracuse, New York (opens military-stuff.org in a new tab)
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- Trump Criticizes New York for Replacing 'Mother' with 'Pregnant Father' in State Law During Syracuse Rally (opens Felix Victorino in a new tab)
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