Infanticide - Unwed Mothers Replace Witches

In a way, I feel bad for the mothers who were driven to commit infanticide.  No matter what they did, they would be punished.  If they revealed the pregnancy, they were punished.  If they killed the baby, they were punished.  If they concealed the baby, they were punished.  If the baby simply died, they were punished.  They really had no options available to them.  Sure, they probably shouldn't have been sleeping around in the first place, but in many cases the mom was probably promised marriage, only to have her whole world ripped out from underneath her.  I'm sure the officials meant well with all their rules and regulations, but in reality they pretty much caused more trouble than they saved.