Posted on 03/10/2022 4:14:59 PM PST by Morgana
An Oregon woman gave birth on the sidewalk of a Portland street and and abandoned the baby before walking away covered in blood and amniotic fluid, police say.
EMS and first responders arrived at SW 13th Ave and SW Market St just before 11 am on Wednesday after receiving reports of a woman, who was not identified, that had given birth on the sidewalk.
'Someone just gave birth and left the baby here. Mom is walking away bleeding,' an unidentified caller told 911.
Incidentally, Officer Nathan Kirby-Glatkowski and his partner happened to be in the area in search of a serial burglar when they got the call.
'It's a cold day; it wasn't raining at that moment, but it was raining earlier, and the sidewalk at Southwest 13th and Market is no place to deliver a baby alone,' Kirby-Glatkowski said.
The PPB Central Bike Squad also thanked community members who immediately covered up the baby and called 911.
Kirby-Glatkowski said that when he and his partner arrived to the scene, paramedics were already evaluating the newborn baby.
'They said the mother, the woman, was stumbling away eastbound on Market with a lot of blood and amniotic fluid all over her,' Kirby-Glatkowski explained.
Paramedics attending to the child told Kirby-Glatkowski that the baby appeared to be in good health, allowing the officers to pursue the mother, who had been spotted stumbling nearby.
The mother appeared to be undergoing a mental health episode, authorities added, and was uncooperative before being taken to the hospital.
'Officers then caught up with the mother nearby,' said the Portland Police Bureau.
'She was evaluated and placed on a police officer hold to get a mental health evaluation. She and her baby, a girl, were transported to the hospital by ambulance.'
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Just a Bidee building back better. The new liberal Amerika.
It’s horror until the end.
Dems did yes.
But her family and baby’s father, where are they?
Some may call this a mental health crisis.
Others may call it “A typical Portlander”.
Hopefully though , the baby is OK and will be adopted by a family who will love it and care for it properly.
She could have aborted it
Hopefully the baby is not adopted by a family from Portland.
Don’t say that!
The baby has a chance even if she’s a train wreck. Some one will adopt her.
She successfully avoided hospital “care”, until now.
From your lips to God’s ear.
This actually could be a medical issue. We assume the worse because it’s Portland.
“Keep Portland Weird”
I was being sarcastic you forgot my history with abortion
Even most mammals will stay with their newborns
I believe this qualifies as (if not defines) mental illness. I hope both get the help they need.
Odds are it’s really drugs.
Prayers up.
Likely will result in some awkward holiday dinners.
Prayers up, for that baby!
Of course, if she had driven to ABQ she could have been relieved of the baby via a partial birth abortion at one of ABQ's infamous abortion clinics.
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