Polygamist Teen Gives Birth

Pamela Jeffs, one of the teenage girls taken from the Yearning for Zion ranch during the raid on the polygamist sect on April 4, 2008, has given birth to a baby boy. The mother and child will remain in state custody in Texas until a decision about their fate is reached. The decision should come sometime before June 5, 2008.

Rod Parker, a spokesman for the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, insists Jeffs is 18 years old but Texas officials have her on the list of minors taken into custody.

Texas officials claim Jeffs is one of 53 girls aged 14 to 17 who are in state custody. Of the 53 teen girls, 31 have either given birth, or are pregnant.

Fast Facts

1. Birth occurred around noon
2. A child born to a ward of the state becomes a ward of the state
3. Jeffs has a 16-month-old child, also in state custody
4. Jeffs and child are said to be doing well

The Birth

Pamela Jeffs gave birth on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at Central Texas Medical Center in San Marcos. In attendance for the birth were her mother, two armed state troopers, at least one Department of Family and Protective Services worker and a woman claiming to be Jeffs' attorney.

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