Here's the latest from the FLDS case.

-    A "polygamist teen" in state custody gave birth to a healthy baby boy at Central Texas Medical Center. Spokespersons for Texas Child Protective Services (CPS) and the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS) issued conflicting statements. Patrick Crimmins of CPS says the girl is "younger than 18," while Rod Parker of FLDS says she's 18. Whom to believe? The new mom is part of a group of 53 girls aged 14 to 17 that were taken from the FLDS compound. 31 of them have already given birth or are pregnant. So I'm going to go with the state on this one.
-    The boys at the compound may have been abused as well. According to CPS, "several [children] have multiple fractures," and the agency is investigating how the injuries occurred. Rod Parker, spokesperson for FLDS, continued his attacks on Texas CPS, saying, "They don't have any evidence that there's abuse, and neither do I," and said it was "unethical" for the agency to release information like this to the public " unless they have evidence."
-    FLDS doesn't only have a spokesperson, they have a website, and another site just for this particular incident, captivefldschildren.com. If you really want to get depressed, click on Videos, where you can view a montage of the "Happy Children at the Ranch" set to music, and another one titled "I don't want to go," which I assume shows someone being taken from the compound. It is worth noting that this video doesn't show any police in it, although other videos do, so it's not clear what is being depicted (that is, it could be a kid who doesn't want to go to school that day.)
-    Much like at musical theater tryouts, there are way more girls than boys aged 14 to 17: 17 boys, and 53 girls. And remember, 31 of those 53 girls have given birth or are pregnant.

There were over 400 children taken into custody and it looks like all of them have lawyers. The court is trying to decide whether or not to allow mothers to take their nursing babies (not that I get a vote, but I think they should, just keep them all in custody somewhere). Calling this situation "a mess" doesn't even begin to describe it.

images: cnn.com