Mother's Day marks an awkward time of year for those on the hard left. First, there are those who deny the value of motherhood.

Cecile Richards of Planned Parenthood tweeted, nothing says I love you, Mom, like standing up for the rights of mothers everywhere to get the care they need. By this, presumably, she meant abortion. Planned Parenthood performs hundreds of thousands of abortions every year. But there is one thing that says, I love you, mom, more than providing abortion care. babies who aren't aborted. It turns out that in order for the Appalachian mother to have any meaning, children must actually be part of the process. Then there are those people on the left who believe that childbearing and child rearing aren't central to the female mission. That checking accounts receivable is more socially and individually rewarding. In this category, we could put, Ivanka Trump, who tweeted about the wage gap on

Mother's Day, even though the only true reason for the difference in overall earnings between men and women is attributable to motherhood. It turns out that it may be worth families foregoing mom doing extra work at the office if she can spend more time at home with the kids. There's nothing wrong with that. In fact, it's worth celebrating. But the fun or lack thereof doesn't stop there for the radical left. We still haven't dealt with the cisgender nature of Mother's Day.

How could we suggest? in fact, it's worth celebrating. But the fun, or lack thereof, doesn't stop there for the radical left.

We still haven't dealt with the cisgender nature of Mother's Day.

How could we suggest that women have anything special to celebrate when men can be women? After all, Dove has run an ad with a transgender woman explaining what motherhood means to him. A columnist for the Toronto star, Emma Taitel, wrote this week that Mother's Day should be ditched in

favor of Guardian's Day since, quote, gendered holidays are painful and exclusionary and a drag

for non-binary parents who don't identify with a single gender. Taitel says, quote,

a guardian can be a mom, a dad, a non-binary parents, a grandparent, an aunt, an uncle, a pet owner,

or why the heck not? Somebody who takes really good care of his houseplants. But we're still not done. How about gay couples? What about children with two daddies? One Canadian school has reportedly ditched Mother's Day and Father's Day because they are not sufficiently inclusive. The administration announced via letter, quote, in an effort to celebrate diversity, inclusivity, and also nurture our students who are part of non-traditional families, we've decided to encourage those celebrations to take place at home.

So, we've already done away with apple pie, far too much sugar for those growing kitties, and now we're doing away with motherhood. So we have any values in common anymore? Fortunately, most Americans still reject this stupidity. Mothers are still mothers. Motherhood still has inherent and beautiful value. My wife's a doctor,

which means she does the most important work there is, but she believes her most important role is as a mother to our two children. And she's right. It's amazing that our society has become

so jaded about the value of motherhood, we're willing to overthrow it in favor of gender and

sexual sensitivity, as well as increasing women's hours in the workplace. I'm Ben Shapiro. This is

the Ben Shapiro show. Another day and more chaos. You certainly picked the wrong week to stop

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