'More than half' polygamist sect girls were pregnant

More than half the teenage girls taken from a polygamist compound in west Texas have children or are pregnant, state authorities said today.

A total of 53 girls aged between 14 and 17 are in state custody after a raid three and a half weeks ago at the Yearning For Zion Ranch in Eldorado. Of those girls, 31 either had children or were pregnant, said Child Protective Services spokesman Darrell Azar.