Quebec Woman Charged After Allegedly Abandoning Newborn Outdoors on New Year’s Day

Quebec Woman Charged After Allegedly Abandoning Newborn Outdoors on New Year’s Day
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A 38-year-old Quebec woman has been charged with failing to provide the necessaries of life after allegedly abandoning her newborn shortly after giving birth outdoors on New Year’s Day.

The woman, who can’t be named due to a publication ban protecting the infant, was scheduled to appear in court today in Trois-Rivières, about 125 kilometres northeast of Montreal.