[CindyDawg]

The State was wrong in this case

I don't think so. That said though...there is always areas to improvement . Unless there is good reason not to, I would like to see more women with children shelters be provided. Not all get the breaks that this group has received. I would like to see all mothers that run into trouble get to stay with their little one's if possible.

[Saundra Duffy]

“I would like to see all mothers that run into trouble get to stay with their little one’s if possible.”

Yep. The mothers are guilty of being ignorant and stupid. I didn’t think you could take children away from mothers for that reason. If they had to round up someone, they should have rounded up the men who are guilty of abusing underage girls if they have proof and due process has been followed.

[woodbutcher]

If the mother is of age, if there is absolutely no indication of abuse on the baby in question or another of the same woman's children (I believe this was her first), then the state has no right to interfere with the mother's wishes.

If she wishes to return to the group, so be it. If she wishes to live in the outside world, so be it.

But the state has absolutely no grounds for holding her or her baby against her will in the absence of proved child abuse.

What others in that sect are doing has no bearing on her rights.

If she is guilty of polygamy, prosecute her for that. But that alone is no reason to hold her in what amounts to imprisonment.