“...since a 16-year-old told authorities she was married to a 50-year-old man and had given birth to his child.”
Not to diminish the sickness of this, but which part justifies all the drama? I guarantee there are *plenty* of underage girls around the country giving birth (or not) and the circumstances aren’t investigated, and the fathers are very often much older men. Of course, it must be the “married” part that gets their dander up.
The other girls aren’t calling 911 repeatedly, though.
How about coerced at best, at worst forcible ILLEGAL, bigamous "marriage"? These girls aren't given a choice in the matter and the underage births you are describing are not a result of an institutionalized practice as are these in the FLDS cult.
The illegals from mexico do it here all the time. Parkland Hospital is full of pregnant 14 - 15 year old girls and nary so much as a question as to the father, are they "married" nothing. Just charge off the bill to the county because they are illegal aliens. Heck, they even ran a special from one of the channels about the 14-15-16 year old girls in Dallas schools and how they "cope" with going to school with their anchor baby.
And not so much as a single word about it being illegal, the father being looked for, nothing. They are "commended" for being so "brave" for staying in school.