Judge Denies Request to Keep FLDS Mothers with Nursing Children
April 22, 2008 by Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor
Filed under activism, breastfeeding, health of the baby, law
On Monday, April 21, 2008, a Texas judge denied a request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) that would have kept mothers from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) with their nursing children who are in state custody. Of the 437 children placed in Child Protective Services (CPS) for being in danger of sexual and emotional abuse, 77 children are under age two. CPS workers had said they planned to place the children in foster care once DNA testing is complete sometime later this week, but it appears that the process of moving the children …read more
