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NEW: For decades, Idaho laws have allowed parents who belong to the Followers of Christ and other faith-healing sects to pray rather than seek medical care.

Since 2015, at least 15 children have died of treatable conditions.
https://www.propublica.org/article/faith-healing-idaho-deaths-followers-of-christ?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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Nicole Parsons

@Npars01@mstdn.social 2 hr. ago

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In several states, the FLDS withholds medical treatment to hide child abuse, sexual assault, & incest.

No one's religion should be permitted to shield sexual predation.

https://www.reuters.com/article/world/uk/idaho-polygamous-sect-member-gets-90-days-on-child-injury-charges-idUSKCN0HQ2Y8/

https://idahonews.com/news/local/ex-church-leader-to-plead-guilty-in-child-abuse-case-under-deal-avoiding-sex-offender-registry

https://www.idahostatejournal.com/news/local/man-accused-of-abusing-flds-boys-in-pocatello-sentenced/article_ad9084ea-2ed9-11e4-b730-0019bb2963f4.html

https://idahonews.com/news/nation-world/polygamous-leader-was-disgusted-his-child-bride-wet-the-bed-fbi-says-samuel-bateman-flds-fundamentalist-church-jesus-christ-mormon

https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=58351926&itype=CMSID

https://www.wcax.com/2025/06/26/mother-fears-siblings-center-amber-alert-may-have-been-abducted-by-fundamentalist-group/

https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/children-kidnapped-polygamous-cult-flds-b26pntt9z

https://abcnews.com/US/twisted-world-warren-jeffs-former-flds-members-speak/story?id=107493397

https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=3755178&itype=CMSID

https://www.eastidahonews.com/2023/01/missing-teens-mom-breaks-silence-about-flds-experience-her-forced-marriage-and-why-she-left-the-church/

https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=58348209&itype=cmsid

https://www.eastidahonews.com/2022/07/reliving-keep-sweet-pray-and-obey-idaho-woman-raised-in-flds-discusses-life-after-the-religious-cult/

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WesDym

@wesdym@mastodon.social last wk.

@ProPublica Yeah, that's Idaho for you. It's okay to drive through*, but I'd never want to live there.

* Be careful where you pee:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathroom_bill#United_States

A HUGE volume of 'Christian' broadcating in the US originates in Idaho.

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vbeyette🇨🇦

@vbeyette@mastodon.world last wk.

@ProPublica Darwin wrote a book about this.

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