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Rep. Robyn Porter, D-New Haven
April 4, 2024 Hartford
Pro-family legislators made a statement this week to recognize mothers for who they are in word and deed. During a debate on a piece of legislation before the Appropriations Committee, State Rep. Robyn Porter, D-New Haven, sought to change the wording of a health care bill to clearly identify expectant mothers as a separate identification than the gender neutral term "pregnant person."
Rep. Porter and others fought back against criticisms that the amendment was somehow discriminatory, when she spoke on behalf of women who identify with traditional gender positive, not neutral (neither male or female) terms.
The amendment to restore the term “mother” passed 32-16.
Those who supported the amendment -
State Senators: Osten, Walker, Hartley, Berthel, Gordon, McCrory, Somers
State Representatives: Paris, Nuccio, Baker, Bolinski, Callahan, Candelaria, Chaleski, DeCaprio, Delnicki, Felipe, Foncello, Gibson. Gonzalez, Harrison, Hoxha, Kennedy, McCarty, Nolan, Porter, Reyes, Rosario, Rutigliano, Sanchez, Simms, Zawistowski
Those who opposed it:
State Senators: Anwar, Flexer, Kushner, Lesser, Marx, Slap
State Representatives: Currey, Dathan, Delaney, Dillon, Garibay, Gilchrest, Haddad, Khanna, Osborne, Tercyak
Absent:
State Representatives: Exum, Hall, Johnson, Ryan
State Senator Winfield
Debate can be watched here: