Catholic mother suffocated her newborn baby out of shame

"A devout Roman Catholic who had not known she was pregnant killed her son within moments of giving birth alone.

Elizabeth Tevenan then bled to death after she was found by her mother in the bathroom of their home, an inquest heard yesterday.

The 30-year-old had been taking painkillers for acute back pain and had even looked on the NHS Direct website for information about ulcers and stomach cancer two days before she gave birth on November 13 last year."

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When I read this article I just got shocked!
I consider myself a Catholic with an open mind and in fact I think that while religion "gives" us comfort it is the reason of many evils because of the fundamentalism.
How mentally disturbed must this girl be to kill her own baby because she was afraid to tell her parents.
Of course the parents don't look good in this picture... how narrow minded they must be to teach their daughter like that.
I just imagine the awful things they must have said to her about having sex and getting pregnant.
It's not bad to give your child a religious background but don't be a fundamentalist - and remember it's better to tell your daughters about sex, birth control pills and condoms than taking them to an abortion clinic because they got pregnant.