And from young mothers.  The FUNDAMENTALIST LDS also does not send it's
women/girls to hospitals and for prenatal care.  They "take" care of their
own, bury there own, a very frontier mentality.  The unofficial prenatal
death rate must be phenomenal.  
Anywhere you have a closed society, these difficulties can arrise, it's not
that they are polygamist, it's that is a cult much like many in many states.

Beth t. the OT

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> On Behalf Of Kathleen Salkin
> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 7:30 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Polygamy Story a rant
> 
> I suspect it's from a combination of two factors - abuse and 
> genetic abnormalities from inbreeding (that is, miscarriages 
> and early childhood deaths from conditions caused by genetic 
> mutations).  There is a higher chance of miscarriages and 
> genetic abnormalities when you don't have genetic diversity;
> 
> Kat
> 
> 
> On 6 Sep 2006, at 15:43, Mary Katherine Powers wrote:
> 
>   Hello,
> 
> I was unaware that there were deaths in these families.  Why is that?
> 
> This is like the Catholic church all over again.  I wish they 
> gave more publicity to devout church members who are not 
> ministers or priests, but abuse children.
> 
> Mary Katherine

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