Laura Chapman is a Child Protection Worker in Colorado. She was born
and raised in the (FLDS) Fundamentalist Latter-Day Saints polygamist group.
Laura escaped with five children 17 years ago. Since then she has earned two
college degrees. In 2002 she brought the brutal truth of the Human Rights
violations of women and children in polygamy to the attention of the United
Nations. She was nominated for the Robert F. Kennedy award for her efforts in
rescuing two teens from arranged marriages, and assisting women leaving polygamy
in Utah.
