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How many underage moms were at the YFZ Ranch? It sure wasn't 60%

The Headmistress over at The Common Room has been doing a terrific job summarizing the daily blow by blow in the YFZ Ranch case, and I strongly recommend those interested to check out her update for today, which provides several clues to what might happen next in the wake of the 3rd Court of Appeals recent decision (e.g., Judge Walther appears to be on the warpath, and Prof. John Walsh, who studies FLDS professionally as an academic, says the state misrepresented his research in its court filings).But stepping back for a moment from the daily drama, let's clear up once and for all a bogus statistic that has clouded many discussions of the Great Eldorado Polygamist Roundup. Brooke Adams wrote yesterday on her blog at the Salt Lake Tribune that DFPS:kept telling us, the media and the public, that there were 31 girls between the ages of 14 and 17 who were pregnant, mothers or both...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 24, 2008 (boomark / email).