‘Big Sister’ warning resurfaces as Massachusetts expands home visits after Clancy trial

Anne Schlafly, daughter of conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly, compared Massachusetts' Welcome Family nurse home visit program to her mother's 1999 warnings about "Big Sister" government overreach. The program expanded following the trial of Louise Woodward, a British au pair convicted in the 1997 death of an infant in her care. Massachusetts officials have defended the home visit initiative as a public health measure aimed at supporting new parents and identifying at-risk children.

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