This is the sort of person whom the House voted that it’s okay to kill up to birth

From Fr. Z (https://wdtprs.com/2021/09/this-is-the-sort-of-person-whom-the-house-voted-that-its-okay-to-kill-up-to-birth/):

Bl. Hermann of Reichenau (1054)

Born with cleft palate, cerebral palsy, and spina bifida, he was placed in a Benedictine monastery at seven. A genius in astronomy, theology, poetry, math, music, Arabic, Greek, and Latin, he composed the Salve Regina and Alma Redemptoris Mater.

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