Women's Health in FLDS and polygamous communities

Polygamous communities are not a thing of the past in North American communities.
The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ-Latter Day Saints (FDLS) has widespread communities living Colorado, Utah, Texas, and British Columbia, Canada. The FDLS is one of the original mormon branches, while the Mormon religion no longer accepts plural marriages, polygamous communities are still a fundamental aspect of the FDLS religion. 


Details:
FDLS:
-Prophet or community leader who overseas all the communities. 
-Marriages can only happen within the community, Inter-family marriages are very common. 
-Male status increases in these communities in correspondence to the # of wives he has. 
- Women are expected to provide their husband with as many children as possible.  
-No forms of birth control
- Since 2008 children are not allowed to receive public school education and must be home schooled. 

-Women have no say in marriage arrangements, of themselves or their children.

-Not uncommon for girls as young as the age of 12, have been married off to the older men in their 40's or 50's.

- Women must obey a strict dress code. Recognizable with their long hair, and long peasant dresses. 

-Everyone in the community must follow the strict code, or they risk being banished from the community. 

-Since outside marriages are forbidden, there are not enough women for each male to have one or more wives, with most of the arranged marriages going to the elders of the community, many males in the younger generations are being banished from the community. Being banished or leaving the community is the worst situation for individuals in these communities.

-Since intermarriages are common these communities have the highest rates of fumarase deficiency which an extremely rare genetic disease that most often only occurs when one marries close to kin.




At the moment in Canada, these plural marriages are legal, because under the charter of rights and freedoms denying this right, also denies ones right to ones religious practices. However, this very controversial law, is currently under review because the living conditions for women and children in these communities are horrendous. Given the circumstances of the marriages, women have no entitlement to property, welfare, or income.Escaping or leaving these communities is exceptionally difficult, as the authority is all controlled by the community Prophets.  
Review of the law was ordered as there has been increased trafficking of young girls to the USA for child marriages.  Status established in these communities is directly correlated with the number of wives a male has. A recent Globe and Mail article Prof. Grossbard discussed the conditions of women's right in these communities. "Polygamy is associated with teenage brides, arranged and forced marriages, payments to brides’ fathers, little emphasis on “romantic” love and poor access to education or the work force – all designed to restrict the ability of women to choose who they marry" (Grossbard 2011)

Should Canada revise this law? How could this affect communities in the United States?  


Links:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/polygamy-is-bad-but-religious-polygamy-is-worse-government-lawyer-says/article1963577/
http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/30/on-polygamy-child-brides-and-why-the-stakes-in-b-c-are-so-high/
http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/Polygamist+leaders+unlikely+quickly+grant+women+children+rights/4099972/story.html
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-02-24-jeffs-church_N.htm