Portland police officers at the scene where a woman gave birth and allegedly walked away and left the child on a sidewalk. (Portland Police Bureau) An Oregon woman gave birth to a baby girl on a sidewalk and then walked away and left the child, authorities said Thursday.
The Portland Police Bureau said officers and first responders received a report Wednesday of a woman who had given birth just before 11 a.m.
They were dispatched when it was reported the mother allegedly walked away. Officers arrived on bicycle and checked on the newborn, who was being cared for by paramedics, police said. "They said the mother, the woman, was stumbling away eastbound on Market with a lot of blood and amniotic fluid all over her," officer Kirby-Glatkowski told KOIN-TV.
The mother was not cooperative and was taken to a hospital for a mental health evaluation, police said. "My partner and I went to try and engage her, contact her, talk to her see what was going on.