Restroom workers found a newborn infant in a toilet at the Bi-Lo Center in downtown Greenville, SC last night around 11:30 pm when cleaning up after a performance of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum Baily Circus.
Newborn in Critical Condition after Suffering Hypothermia
According to a WYFF News Channel 4 report, the infant was taken to Greenville Memorial Hospital where it is being treated for hypothermia and is listed in critical condition.
Evidence from the scene leads investigators to believe that a woman gave birth inside the Bi-Lo Center restroom. Police offers told reporters that it would be unlikely that a woman would give birth and not know it so they are assuming the baby was abandoned in the restroom toilet.
Women Who Give Up Babies Under Daniel’s Law are Protected
In the year 2000, South Carolina passed a law called Daniel’s Law: The Safe Haven for Abandoned Babies Act. The law protects women who give up their unharmed babies to staff members of safe havens, such as fire stations, houses of worship and hospitals.
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