
Children with autism and Down Syndrome are gifts from God who deserve to live," responded the account for Miami Young Conservatives. "We are appalled by reprehensible comments. These kids deserve to be loved, not aborted," replied one critic. "What said today about children with special needs is absolutely reprehensible. Many people online were horrified to infer that Navarro was implying disabled people were better off dead than to be born into families that might struggle caring for them. "And you have no damn right to tell them what they should do with their bodies!" she concluded. But there's a lot of Americans who are not Catholic and they're not Christian, and they're not Baptist," she said. I'm Catholic inside the church, I'm Catholic when it comes to me. "And so why can I be Catholic and still think it is a wrong decision? Because I'm American. Navarro went on to claim that she could compartmentalize her Catholic beliefs away from her political support for abortion. Because they can't get other jobs, because they have financial issues, because of the care that they are unable to give their other children," Navarro said. "Mothers, and people in that society in that community will tell you that they've considered suicide because that's how difficult it is to get help. It is not as easy as it sounds on paper and I've got another, another step-grandson who is very autistic, who has autism," she continued. "And I have a step-granddaughter who was born with Downs syndrome, and you know what? It is very difficult in Florida to get services. And I know what that means financially, emotionally, physically, for a family, and I know not all families can do it," she added. I have a brother who's 57, and has the mental and the motor skills of a one-year-old.

"And because I have a family with a lot of special needs kids. "And I am not anybody to tell you what you need to do with your life or your uterus!" Navarro snapped.
