Top N.H. education official cites unsubstantiated claim about abortion

The socially conservative former GOP gubernatorial candidate defended how the Department of Education on his watch has handled complaints about particular classroom materials and library books that some view as controversial. As the state’s top education official since 2017, Edelblut essentially lauded himself for being that “someone.” New Hampshire Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut published an 800-word op-ed Monday thanking God that “someone is looking out for the children.” He alluded also to an eye-catching allegation about abortion, suggesting that an educator had been accused of calling in sick to take...