I am personally interested in what exactly will happen to the Non-Adult  
mothers of children under 12 months....
I do not believe that the state of being a mother nor the act of  
breastfeeding is sexually exploitative - regardless of how one gets to that  state.
In fact, I can't help but wonder if the act of breastfeeding and mothering  
do not in some ways heal the sexually abusive past....

 
Laura Goodwin-Wright, RALA
601-566-0201


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Date:    Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:28:24  -0500
From:    Melia B <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:  FLDS  Update-Texas

http://www.sltrib.com/portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?arti=
cleId=3D9026403&siteId=3D297



FLDS  update: FLDS moms to stay with babies in state care

By Christopher  SmartThe Salt Lake TribuneSalt Lake Tribune

Article Last  Updated:04/23/2008 03:16:39 PM MDT



Updated: 2:30 PM- The judge  overseeing the cases of more than 400 FLDS chil=
dren in state custody said  this afternoon adult mothers of infants age 12 m=
onths and under should  remain with their babies in the state's care.     Di=
strict  Court Juge Barbara Walther made the request of Texas Child Protectiv=
e  Services after receiving an update from the agency on its attempts to pla=
ce  the polygamous sect's children in foster homes or shelters. CPS agreed.  =
Earlier this week, Walther rejected a temporary restraining  order reque=
st seeking to keep breastfeeding mothers with their  babies.     CPS attorne=
y Gary Banks told Walther this  afternoon there are 18 adult mothers with ba=
bies 12 months and under.  Placements have already been found for 16 of thos=
e mothers and their  children, he said.     Walther also requested that CPS =
keep  children older than 12 months in proximity to their parents so they ca=
n  visit frequently. The judge rejected a motion earlier that would have  req=
uired the agency to keep the children within a five-county radius.   "Wha=
t this is, is when I take possession of a child, I take  personal responsibi=
lity for that child, and I'd like to know where these  children are," said W=
alther this afternoon.     Banks said  there are 23 adult women with childre=
n between the ages of 12 and 24  months. Those women have 28 children collec=
tively. Children between the  ages of 3 and 5 will go to foster care setting=
s, said Banks, and some  children ages 5 to 18 will go into group settings. =
The judge  also told Banks she wanted the children to be able to exercis=
e their  religion and have access to the clothing they desired while in fost=
er care.  Banks said CPS is in the process of setting up educational evaluat=
ions for  each child.     Banks told her it is urgent the children be  placed=
into foster homes at this point, calling conditions at the San Angelo  Coli=
seum where children are being housed "untenable."      Walther said individu=
al hearings for the children will begin May 18, and  urged attorneys represe=
nting sect members and those lawyers appointed by  the state to represent th=
e interests of the children to refrain from making  filings with her at this=
point.     "We have four to five  feet of filings, and it's very hard for m=
e to go through five feet of  filings," she said.     She said CPS has been =
stretched  "beyond belief" and asked the various parties involved in the cas=
e to be  patient.     "No one wants to see these children separated from  the=
ir parents," said Walther. "In a perfect world, that wouldn't happen,  but t=
his isn't a perfect world."     Yesterday, 111 children  ages 5 and older le=
ft the Coliseum for temporary homes located throughout  the state, according=
to CPS spokeswoman Sheri Pulliam. The agency has said  siblings under age 5=
will be placed together, and attempts will be made to  place older siblings=
together.     Authorities late Tuesday  finished taking DNA samples from al=
l the children. The attorney general's  office sent 10 technicians on Monday=
to the Coliseum to take the  court-ordered samples as child welfare officia=
ls try to sort out the  complicated family relationships at the compound. Ro=
ughly 500 samples were  taken.     Spokeswoman Janece Rolfe said the testing=
at the  Coliseum was completed late Tuesday, but technicians are still taki=
ng  samples from parents in Eldorado.     The removal of the children  is the=
latest blow to the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter  Day Sai=
nts.     The April 3 raid of the sect's YFZ Ranch was  prompted by calls to =
a local shelter from someone claiming to be a  16-year-old girl being abused=
by her FLDS husband.     Texas  Rangers have said they are investigating wh=
ether the call could have been a  hoax perpetrated by a Colorado woman with =
a history of lying to police  there. Court documents released today show one=
phone number used to place a  call to the Texas shelter had been used by Ro=
zita Swinton in the  past.     -- The Associated Press contributed to this  r=
eport.
Melia Boyer Leader, LLL of Fort Bend Area Professional Liaison,  LLL of  Texa=
s
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