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 ----------------------- To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy