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Youngest of alleged YFZ teen moms not really pregnant

It turns out no 14-year old girls were found pregnant at the YFZ Ranch during the Great Eldorado Polygamist Roundup, despite repeated public statements to the contrary by the Department of Family Protective Services. From the Deseret News:A lawyer for a 14-year-old girl that is on a list of so-called "disputed minors" said this morning she is not pregnant as Texas child welfare authorities have alleged. "My client does not have children. (She) is not pregnant. She's the youngest on the list of disputed minors," said Andrea Sloan. The judge hearing the case objected, saying that was not what the hearing was about. But Sloan pressed forward. "The department is communicating to the public that there are 14-year olds who are pregnant," she said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 21, 2008 (boomark / email).