Her life to be spent in prison for taking her baby's life

Of course the irony in all this is that she could've had an abortion performed earlier and nothing would have happened to her.

Would it?

Houston woman gets life for strangling newborn

Mom killed newborn by strangling her with pair of panties.
By Brian Rogers - Houston Chronicle


A Houston judge has sentenced a 27-year-old woman to life in prison for strangling her newborn daughter minutes after giving birth to her at home.

Through a translator, Claudia Cortes asked state District Judge Michael McSpadden to forgive her and not give her a life sentence.

McSpadden said he could find no mitigating circumstances in Cortes' situation or her background.

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