Teen Tries to Flush Newborn Down Toilet at School

At first glance, I thought this was an update to the story that hit the news a few days ago about the 14 year old who gave birth to a stillborn baby on a Continental flight and put the fetus in the wastebasket. To my horror, I realized that this is ANOTHER 14 year old in Texas who has had a baby, except this time she delivered the baby alive in the Jr. High school restroom, heard him cry and then tried to flush him down the toilet, which killed him.

The girl was taken to a hospital. People who knew her at school said she wore baggy clothing, and nobody suspected she was pregnant, The Houston Chronicle reported Thursday.

School officials learned of her pregnancy when another student who was in the restroom while the eighth-grader was in labor went to ask the school nurse for help, said Kathy Clausen, spokeswoman for Baytown's Goose Creek school district.

Authorities have not announced what charges the girl will face, if any. She is too young to be considered for the death penalty.


Feel free to comment. I am absolutely speechless right now.