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Polygamist 'Teen' Gives Birth

Posted May 13, 08 4:09 AM CDT in Crime & Courts,  US 

(Newser) – Another young woman taken from a Texas polygamist sect has given birth while in state custody. The mom has claimed to be 22 years old, but state officials say she is only 17, reports the Salt Lake Tribune.

She's the second woman from the sect to give birth since last month's raid on the Yearning For Zion ranch where children were seized to protect them from suspected sexual abuse. She has two other children aged 3 and 2. Her husband is 24.

Source Salt Lake Tribune

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One of the women from the polygamist sect who says she has not been allowed by Texas authorities to see her children.   (AP Photo/Keith Johnson, Deseret News)
Marie, a mother of three boys taken from the Yearning for Zion ranch by Texas authorities.   (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Children from the polygamist sect are taken into custody. One of the women removed from the sect's ranch has given birth to a baby boy.   (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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