There were no nursing newborns taken away from their mothers. All women with infants under age one, regardless of whether the mother was over or under 18, were allowed to remain with their infants.
Point taken. But for the record many women nurse until age 2. I am still not Ok with a 13 month old being forcibly taken from their mother. Or a 5 or 6 year old for that matter.
I'm all for govt. intervention in the case of child sexual abuse. So I think Texas needed to do something. However why didn't they arrest the men? Why split up the women and their 13 month old babies?
It is a bad repeat of the Short Creek raid which ultimately failed as well. I suppose Govt. doesn't always learn from past mistakes that well.