Thu Mar 2, 2023 – 6:40 pm EST
FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts (LifeSiteNews) – Massachusetts Democrats have opted not to remove a party official under fire for suggesting that disabled children should be exterminated in the womb in order to reduce the financial toll they add to public education.
The New York Post reports that during a Framingham City Council meeting in February, Framingham Democratic Committee chair Michael Hugo expressed “fear” that “if an unqualified sonographer misdiagnoses a heart defect, an organ defect, spina bifida or an encephalopathic defect, that becomes a very local issue because our school budget will have to absorb the cost of a child in special education, supplying lots and lots of special services to children, who were born with the defect.”
The comment sparked disgust and calls to resign from pro-lifers, disability advocates, and others in the community. “I saw what Michael had said as a personal attack against my own children,” said Sheryl Goldstein, chair of the Framingham Disabilities Commission. “That my children who had special needs were not worth the expense in the school system.”
In his remarks, Hugo also suggested that pro-life crisis pregnancy centers would be prone to misdiagnose
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