A councillor who called for the legalisation of euthanasia to cut the number of children in care is being pressured to resign.
Tory Hugh Jackson made the remark during a council meeting about the number of vulnerable youngsters being looked after by the local authority.
Now calls are being made for him to resign after he suggested euthanasia as a solution during the meeting of North Tyneside Council's finance sub committee.
He was responding to information that 43 youngsters in North Tyneside are cared for in other local authority areas, putting a financial strain on the council to the tune of £3.4 million a year.

The same Nazi policy which led to genocide began with involuntary euthanasia of the sick, the elderly and the young who were disabled. Hitler also supported abortion.

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