[Grig]

The article says she was tested at a hospital. They are not releasing details or answering questions about abuse, but they confirm she is not, and was never pregnant. The 'she ran away to pop one out secretly' crowd should eat crow now.

[Lauratealeaf]

The 'she ran away to pop one out secretly' crowd should eat crow now.

The idea that the Smart family would send their daughter away with a wacko like Mitchell so she can secretly have a baby is truly as nutty as Mitchell is!

[Doc Savage]

I never assumed she WAS pregnant, but your snide comment proves nothing. Cite your source. How reliable is it? Do you honestly think Ed Smart would tell you if she had been??
If she has been sexually abused, the public doesn't need to know, but they never will know.

[tracer]

"The 'she ran away to pop one out secretly' crowd should eat crow now."

You are far too kind. Regardless of whatever the "truth" is found to be, nothing can be gained by a bunch of sick bastards trying to drag a child through the mud, be she Mormon, Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, or whatever.

I'm certain, however, that the lawyers and other components of the oft-bungling judicial system will do that in a manner sure to please a large number of people here and elsewhere. And if the "predominant religion" in her Elizabeth's environs is smeared at the same time, many will consider such as frosting on the cake...