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- In the criminal justice
system,

sexually based offenses

are considered
especially heinous.

In New York City,
the dedicated detectives

who investigate
these vicious felonies

are members of an elite squad

known as
the Special Victims Unit.

These are their stories.

[dramatic musical sting]

- Noah, I am on my way,
and tell Fin, okay?

All right.

So, Officer Tamin,

your provisional tour
starts today.

I'm so sorry
that I can't be here.

- I'm sorry you had to come in
on your Sunday off.

- So if you have time,
I thought maybe

you could catch up
on some open cases.

- Already did,

and I read the files
from all the major cases

over the last five years.

- So you're an underachiever.
- [chuckles]

- You're gonna be fine,

and very nice job
with Sir Toby.

- Thanks.

I'll feel better
once he's convicted.

- Yeah, you and me both.

- So where should I park?
- We have a few empties.

How about--how about here?

- Great.
-Well, welcome to SVU.

- Thanks.
- Okay?

[soft rock music playing]

♪

- So if you're going through
a tough time right now

or today's preaching
stirred something up,

our Prayer Warriors
will be down in the front.

So don't be shy.

Come on down.
Have someone pray for you.

- ♪ This is the day

- Evangeline.

- Have a blessed week,
everyone.

- ♪ This is the day,
I'll sing his name ♪

- Wonderful to see Evangeline
here today, man.

So things at home are better?

- Yes, they are.
Power of prayer.

- Yeah, and then that,
um, that poor lost boy,

he ran away to New York?

- As long as he's nowhere
near our little girl.

- Good luck.
- Mm.

- Is it okay
if I do my homework

before I go to the sleepover?

Annie wants me there at 5:00.

- As long as your chores
are done first.

- Mm-hmm.
- Don't forget your toothbrush.

- I love you, Mom.

- ♪ I'm not always
the best version of me ♪

- Thank you so much
for picking up Noah.

- Is everything all right?

- Yeah, 1PP
finally gave us a backup.

- [clears throat]

Now that the godparents
are here,

let's get started.

- Okay.
- Billie Mabel Rollins...

I baptize you
in the name of the Father,

and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

- Amen.
- Amen.

- Amen.

- ♪ I'm trying

♪ To not get in
my own way again ♪

♪ And I'm trying

♪ It's not something
that I can pretend ♪

♪ God knows I'm trying

- All right, here we go.
One, two, three.

- ♪ And that's all I can do

♪ The only place
I find strength is you ♪

♪ And I disappoint myself

♪ When I know I know better

♪ Than trying
to please others ♪

♪ And there are those days

♪ When I'm insecure

♪ But you tell me to sigh

♪ Say

♪

[banging]
- [moans softly]

- Hey, Sleeping Beauty.

You're going all the way
to New York by yourself?

♪

- No, I'm staying
with a friend, Isaac.

He's meeting me there.

♪

- ♪ I'm growing,
I'm changing ♪

♪ But you stay the same

♪ You know who I am
and you love me that way ♪

♪ I'm trying

♪ To not get in
my own way again ♪

♪ And I'm trying

♪ It's not something
that I can pretend ♪

- Sorry.

- ♪ God knows I'm trying
- No, I'm sorry.

♪

- ♪ And that's all I can do

♪ The only place
I find strength is you ♪

[dramatic music]

♪

- A teen runaway
from Jolene, Ohio?

That's still Missing Persons.

- She's 13.
I called her parents.

They think that she was lured
here by a boy,

Isaac Franklin, 19,
from their town.

- Jolene sheriff says Isaac
skipped out on a bench warrant

for a statutory--
different girl.

- Okay, so track the boy down,
call the parents back,

and tell them that SVU is--

- Actually, they're here.

Drove all night.
They're in the waiting room.

The guy with the glasses
is their pastor.

- Right in here.

- Please tell us you found her.

We prayed the whole way here.

- Her cell is off, but we're
tracking her social media.

- Well, track his cell.

Isaac,
she followed him out here.

- Follow?
When did Isaac leave Ohio?

- About a month ago,
after they caught him

with a 15-year-old girl.

They should've kept him
in prison after that.

- Evangeline and Isaac
are friends?

- Well, she's friends
with his little sister,

but that would not stop
a boy like that.

- Are you saying
that they were involved?

- Like a boyfriend?
No, no.

Evangeline can be emotional,

but she takes her faith
seriously.

- Yeah.
- Okay.

- I'm sorry to say, but
Evangeline is a troubled girl.

She saw a lot growing up.

Tammy's ex was a bad man
and he had a hold on Tammy.

- Evangeline's father,
where is he now?

- He went home with God
five years ago.

- Oh.
- Oxy.

I thanked Jesus when James
came into their lives.

- So James is
Evangeline's stepfather?

- Mm-hmm.

He adopted that girl when
she was just nine years old,

and then he and Tammy have
two little ones of their own.

- Sergeant, found something.

- Excuse me, Pastor.
- Of course.

- Going through this girl's
social media,

it's a mash-up of
"Jesus is my boyfriend" songs

and kitten videos.

- Anything that puts her
in New York?

- No, but I do have
a lead on Isaac.

- Look who made it to New York.

That's a fresh tattoo.

So all we gotta do is
check out tattoo parlors.

- Already did.

I started with parlor websites
near Port Authority,

East Village, Uptown,
and I found this.

Gretchen, artist-in-residence,
In the Heights Tats.

- Well, let's go.

- Just spoke to her.
She knew where Isaac lives.

Didn't ask why.

- Good work.

[dramatic music]

- Gretchen gave me up?

- The girl's not here.
- Wow.

- Where's Evangeline?

- I don't know, I...
- Wrong answer, Isaac.

We know she's in New York,

and we know you're the only
person here she knows.

- I didn't tell her to come.

- When'd you see her?

I'm calling the Jolene sheriff.

He has a warrant out
for your arrest.

- What?

For hooking up
with my girlfriend?

- So Isaac, you can talk now
or pray later.

Turn around.

- She needed a place to crash,
okay?

She's friends
with my kid sister, okay?

- Where is she now?

- I don't know.
We got in kind of an argument.

She left.
- Why'd she leave?

- She needed money.

I told her she could crash here
all she wants,

but that's all I could do.

- And you have no idea
where she is now?

- I loaned her my dog.

I told her she could
panhandle with Duke,

by the--by the 99¢ pizza place.

♪

- Here you go.
- Thank you.

- There she is.

- Let me talk to her?
- Yeah.

♪

- Hey, hon.
How are you doing?

[dog whining]

- Duke hasn't eaten all day.

- What about you?
Can I buy you a sandwich?

- No.

♪

Um, uh, Evangeline,
just wait a second.

- How do you know my name?

- I, uh--hey.
It's okay.

Oh, oh--I gotcha.
I gotcha.

- Is she okay?
- She's okay.

I got her.

♪

- She's dehydrated.

Suffering from exposure,
exhaustion.

- Is there any sign
of physical abuse?

- Damned if I do, damned
if I don't in these cases.

- I know.

- If I report, I can't promise
patient confidentiality.

- She's 13.
A runaway.

- I know, so if I don't report,
I'm breaking the law.

- If there's anything that you
feel comfortable telling us...

- The extent of vaginal
scarring, given her age?

She's been sexually active
or abused

for at least two years.

- Since she was 11?

- She's also 12 weeks pregnant.

- No.

- My mom and Jim are here
in New York?

- They're worried about you.

- I didn't want them
to find out.

- Find out what, honey?

♪

- That you're pregnant?

- Mm-hmm.

- We're worried about you too.

And if there's anything
you want to tell us,

your parents
don't have to know.

- They can't know
that I disobeyed God's word.

And they can't know
why I'm here in New York.

- Okay, Evangeline, why--
why are you here?

♪

- To get an abortion.

♪

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- Next year, I'm supposed
to go to high school.

I don't want to drop out.

I'm too young to have a baby.

- That is completely
your decision, Evangeline.

Okay, we're just--we're just
trying to sort this out.

- Now, can you tell us
how you got pregnant?

- I turned my back on God.

I didn't save myself
for marriage.

So--so it was someone you know.

Okay, well, we know that you
came here to see Isaac.

- I wanted him to help me.

- So was it Isaac?

- Just tell us what happened.
It's gonna be okay.

- I didn't want to say no
to him.

- Did he force you?

- He kept asking.

He said he loved me,
that it was our secret.

That if I told anyone, my mom,

things would be really bad.

[melancholy music]

I should've told her,

but I was just too afraid
that she wouldn't believe me.

- None of this
is your fault, honey.

- You can't tell my mom,
or Jim, or Pastor Mark,

that I want an abortion.

They would never allow it.

♪

- This was just
a matter of time.

I was talking to my mom

when these states passed
the fetal heartbeat laws.

She got a second sight
for this kind of thing.

She asked me, "What is gonna
happen when some kid

gets pregnant and comes
to New York for an abortion?"

- And what did you say?

- We're in uncharted waters.

- Evangeline is here now,

and New York has
full reproductive rights

for girls of any age.

- That is right.
It's the girl's decision.

- Well, she's upset but she
definitely wants the abortion.

- The parents
are fundamentalists.

Once they get here,
they're gonna

throw her in the car
and take her home.

- She's 13?
- She is.

- It's gonna be hard for a
judge to deny parental custody.

- Even with evidence
of sexual abuse?

I mean, going back years.

- That's a different story.

A family court prosecutor

could argue that
the parents knew

or should've known
about the abuse.

That gets you neglect.

- There may not be time
for that.

The Millers
are on their way here now.

- We're talking about
a pregnant 13-year-old runaway.

Carisi, can't we take
emergency custody?

I'm going to call ACS.

- She's also gonna need
her own lawyer.

I'll call Legal Aid.

- And they're gonna
just send someone

who's handling 75 other cases.

Look, I--I know somebody who's
very good with custody issues.

So, Fin, in the meantime,

find out from Isaac exactly
what their relationship was

and how much the parents knew.

- Oh!

I had a vision
we'd find you safe.

- I'm okay, Mama.

- Your mother's
been worried sick.

What were you thinking?
- I'm sorry.

- James, she's here.
She's safe.

We can all go home now.
- Yeah. Okay.

- I don't want to go home.

- Of course you do.
- They said I didn't have to.

- We need to talk
about a few things first.

- Okay, it doesn't matter.
We're your parents.

You have to obey us.
Come on.

- Actually...

♪

Evangeline,
this is Trevor Langan.

- I'm going to represent you.

- Why does she need a lawyer?
- Yeah, what is going on?

♪

- An ongoing
physical relationship?

My little girl?

No.
It--it's not possible.

- Actually, it is possible.

- Okay, well,
did she say who it was?

- It has to be Isaac.
That's why she came here.

- Have you arrested him?

- James,
we have to talk to him.

He's the father.
He has to marry her.

- Right.

- Mrs. Miller,
your daughter didn't come here

to be with Isaac.

- She came to New York

because she doesn't want
this pregnancy.

♪

- What?

- No!

No, whatever happened,
this baby is a gift from God.

- Wait, are you saying
that she wants an abortion?

- Yes, and in New York State,
that is her right.

- No.

No, absolutely not.

- We're taking Evangeline home
right now.

- Listen, Mr. Miller,

I'm sorry, but that's--
that's not happening.

- Excuse me?
- I don't understand.

- I know that this
is very difficult to hear,

but as of now,

Evangeline is in the custody
of Child Protective Services.

- What?

- You can't just take
our daughter away from us.

What about our rights?

- You'll appear before
a family court judge.

I can help you get a lawyer.

- Uh, our pastor was a lawyer
before he was called by God.

I know things are different
here in New York,

but our daughter
is not killing her baby.

♪

- The State presents
no evidence

that there's imminent risk
to Evangeline.

- She is underage.

The pregnancy is the result
of ongoing abuse.

The parents haven't
protected her so far.

There's no reason
to believe they can now.

- We're still looking at
an unnamed sexual perpetrator?

- We've requested
a fetal DNA test.

- My client refuses,
Your Honor.

She views the blood test
as invasive.

- Invasive?
She's seeking an abortion.

- My client wants to end
this pregnancy.

If you return her
to parental custody,

they will take her back
to Ohio,

where consent laws
and fetal heartbeat legislation

will make it impossible for her

to legally terminate
this pregnancy.

- You mean commit murder.

We demand the girl
immediately be returned

to the parents' custody.

- Mr. Randall,
I'm not ready to do that.

- If your fear is failure
to protect in the home,

I present a perfectly
good solution.

Instead of a group living
situation with at-risk teens,

Evangeline has an aunt.

That's her father's sister.

She drove all night
from Jolene to be here,

and she is willing
to assume temporary custody.

- I need a home study
and assurances

that this court's orders
will be respected.

- No, she'll take me back
to Ohio.

- My clients have no intention

of violating a court order,
Your Honor.

They only want to take care
of their daughter.

- The Millers' main agenda
is to force a 13-year-old

rape victim to carry to term.

To prevent her from exercising
her right to choose.

- Evie would never
choose murder.

- I don't know who's
gotten into her head,

but this is not
the daughter we raised.

- No, I can't go back home!
- Evangeline!

- I can't, because he put
this baby inside me!

[dramatic music]

♪

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- I got it.

No, I'm here right now.
I'll tell her.

That was Ms. Hadid.

The Mercer County DA
has promised to open up

an investigation,
but only after Evangeline

goes back to Ohio
for questioning.

- So they're more worried
about stopping the abortion

then they are about
stopping the abuse.

- I have to ask.
You're sure it's him?

- Carisi, if she wanted
to blame the stepfather,

she would've done that
in the first place.

This was the last thing
that she wanted to reveal.

Do you remember
how old you were?

- The day after my birthday.

Eleven.

He came into my room,
sat on my bed...

[somber music]

Said I was becoming a woman.

- What did he do?

[suspenseful music]

- He took off my pajamas.

At first, we'd just lay there.

♪

He said he loved me.

That if I loved him,
I'd do this.

♪

And then he touched me.

- Can--can you tell us more?

♪

- One night,
he said I was ready.

♪

He put his thing in,
and it hurt.

I said no.

That I was waiting
till marriage.

He said it didn't
count, though,

because he was married
to my mom,

that we were family.

- So, Evangeline,
it's okay if you didn't,

but did you tell your mom?

- I tried once.

She wouldn't listen.

Jim got so mad.

♪

He said if Mama found out,
he'd have to leave us.

♪

[horns honking]
- Pastor.

- Now is not a good time,
detectives.

I'm taking James
to the airport.

- We just want to talk to him.

- Well--well,
that won't happen.

Satan is responsible
for what happened

in that courtroom today.

- Satan?
You sure it wasn't your client?

- Evangeline is a willful girl
who often lies.

- Well, wonder
when that started.

- Easy, Officer.

If your client's innocent,

we just want him to give us
some DNA

so we can clear this up.

- We won't lend credence
to persecution.

- What's going on?

- We just came here to give you
a chance to clear your name.

- Just get in the car, James.

- What my daughter said
was an abomination.

I would never.

- And that's why
you're running away?

- I have two young sons
at home who need me.

I've forgiven Evangeline
for lying,

and I am praying for her
to find her way.

- Well, you better pray
for yourself,

'cause you're going down.

- I'm shutting the door,
Detective.

Thank you.

You know, the world
is watching,

and God will not allow you
to kill an innocent baby.

- [sighs]

Sorry, Sergeant,
I kinda lost it a bit.

- It's fine.
You did good.

[engine turns over]

- James and Pastor Mark
can't know I'm here.

- Okay.

- But I-I want to set
the record straight.

My husband is a good man.

A wonderful father.

What Evangeline is saying,
it's impossible.

That your boy?

- It is.

- Imagine he told a horrible
lie about your husband.

What would you do?

- Mrs. Miller,

I've been doing this
for a very long time,

and sometimes,
the unspeakable...

turns out to be the truth.

[melancholy music]

So...

why don't you have a seat.

♪

Has your daughter talked
to you about your husband?

♪

- He's head of our household,

so he disciplines her.

She gets angry.

She's a teenager.
[chuckles]

That's what this is.

She's--she's trying
to hurt him, to hurt me.

That's the only possible
explanation.

- So Mrs. Miller,
the good news is,

is that there is a way
that we can get to the truth.

And you should know that
Evangeline has now agreed

to take a fetal DNA test.

- That will hurt the baby.

- No, these days, it's a simple
test of the mother's blood.

- Well, isn't that a miracle.

- So if we could get
your husband's DNA,

and if he is innocent...

- Which he is.

- Then it could very well
exonerate him.

- Of course it will.

But we can wait
until after the baby is born.

♪

I see you judging me,
but however it happened,

Evangeline is pregnant.

And I intend to meet
my grandchild here

in this world, not in heaven.

- However it happened?

♪

- Put pressure on this.

- We don't have
your stepfather's DNA yet,

but Mr. Carisi's
working on that.

- I'm telling the truth.
- I believe you.

- Does my mother?

- Not yet.

- Do you believe
God makes mistakes?

[phone trilling distantly]

- I don't know.

I definitely know humans do.

- If God doesn't make mistakes,

that means this baby
is part of His plan.

- [sighs]

That may be, but we don't
always know what His plan is.

- Can we pray together?

♪

Dear Heavenly Father,

thank you so much
for sending Amanda to help me.

Please help me figure out
what I'm supposed to do.

♪

Amen.

♪

Evangeline may be confused.

Her religious upbringing,
it's just--it's a lot.

- So she's changing her mind?

- No, she never wanted
to have an abortion.

She just wanted to be a kid,
have a life.

I should just take her
to the clinic myself right now.

- Amanda, you know
that you can't do that.

- She kept quiet for years
about being abused,

and then she finally gets
the courage to get on a bus

and come to New York,
from Ohio?

We can't let them
take her back home,

back to that abuse.

Force her to have his baby?

We can't.
- It's not up to us.

There's a court-ordered stay
on the abortion.

- When I was 13, I remember
being so angry all the time.

I wanted to get the hell
out of my house, to be free.

Now I've got two little girls.

- I know.
I know that it's hard.

- No, it's just I...
[sighs]

I worry about them
all the time.

- Mr. Carisi just called.

Family court's ready to rule.

- [sighs]

[dramatic musical sting]

- I'm satisfied
Evangeline understands

the ramifications
of her decision,

and that this decision
is hers alone.

- She can't kill our grandbaby.

- Mrs. Miller,
I realize this is difficult,

but your daughter has rights.

- Your Honor!

We demand an immediate
cessation of these proceedings.

- And you are?
- Forreston Graham.

Mercer County DA's office.

I'm here to protect the rights
of the unborn baby Miller.

- I have a writ
of habeas corpus...

- I...

- Asserting that
the State of New York

is illegally holding
Evangeline Miller.

I also have arrest warrants
for the detectives

involved in this case.

- On what charge?

Dominick Carisi,
Manhattan DA's office.

- I have an arrest warrant
for you too,

and your boss.

Anyone who facilitates
the murder of this baby

will be charged
with causing fetal harm

and conspiracy
to commit murder,

and is subject
to immediate prosecution

in the State of Ohio.

Here's one for you too, Judge.

So whatever decision
you were about to hand down,

I'd think twice about making
an irrevocable mistake.

♪

.

- I may be just
a simple country lawyer

in the big city,

but I am here to speak
for the one who has no voice.

To advocate for the most
innocent victim of all--

this unborn child.

[cheers, boos]
- Pro-choice!

[yelling]

- Did the stepfather
get her pregnant?

- Mercer County DA's office

intends to conduct a full
and thorough investigation,

but that has no bearing
on this matter.

The baby is innocent of all sin

and is deserving of life.

[cheers, boos]

A statute in Ohio guarantees...

- Hey.
- That this unborn baby...

- Captain.

- ...is a human being.
- So we're taking on Ohio?

- Oh, it's more like
Ohio is taking on us,

and, by the way,

there's an arrest warrant
for you too.

- I'm flattered.

- The charge is conspiracy
to commit murder

if she has an abortion,
and they're serious.

- So am I.

I'm a deacon at my church.

I believe
in the sanctity of life,

but a 13-year-old girl forced
to carry her rapist's baby?

They want a fight,
they're gonna get it.

- But it's the Declaration
of Independence

that promises life, liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness,

but the first is life!

[dramatic musical sting]

- Let me get this straight,
Mr. Graham--

the State of Ohio has issued
arrest warrants

for New York City detectives,

and you're asking this court

to detain these detectives
for transfer?

- Yes.

We ask that the officers
immediately turn themselves in

to the Mercer County
DA's office.

- This is unprecedented.

Your Honor, Ohio has
no standing in this matter.

It's a family court proceeding.

- We see this
as a criminal case.

The girl made
a premeditated decision.

We have her computer searches

for abortion providers
in New York.

The detectives,

in willful disregard
for the Ohio laws,

are attempting to facilitate
her access to abortion.

According to the Ohio statute,
they're accessories to murder.

- First of all, Your Honor,

that law has not
yet taken effect.

- There's also the issue
of fetal harm.

- And we'd also argue,

the detectives are mandated
to enforce New York law,

which requires them to protect

the lawful reproductive rights
of a minor.

- There's precedent for comity,

respect for the laws
of another state.

We ask that New York
give Ohio law

the full faith and credit.

- And we'd argue that the DA
from Mercer County's

got it backwards.

Ohio should give New York
full faith and comity

by respecting our choice

to protect the rights
of young women.

- Simply put, Your Honor,

you cannot expect
a New York State court

to hand over its New York City
police officers

for doing their jobs.

- Yes, our motion is extreme.

But what is happening here
is pure evil.

A modern-day genocide.

When future generations
look back on this,

they will weep.

There will be blood
on all of your hands.

- That's enough, Mr. Graham!

- You're gonna hold me
in contempt?

- No one's holding you
in contempt.

- Hitler murdered 6 million
Jews in the Holocaust.

The United States,
since Roe versus Wade,

has killed 55 million babies.

I intend to do
everything in my power

not to see that number rise
by one more child.

- Mr. Graham, I'm denying
Ohio's request for detainer.

- In that case, Your Honor,
we appeal.

We intend to take this up

to the Supreme Court,
if necessary.

- And that's your right,
Mr. Graham.

♪

- The judge said
Ohio was wrong.

So I can get an abortion?

- Those are, uh,
two separate cases.

Mr. Langan will go back
to family court.

Listen, this judge is likely
to rule in your favor.

You just have to be patient
a little bit longer.

- Everyone knows who I am.

The Ohio girl.

- I'm sorry.

- My friends keep texting me,

and Pastor Mark
keeps emailing me,

and that lawyer.

They all say murder
is never the right choice,

that getting an abortion
destroys two lives,

and it's my obligation to show
the world that I choose life.

- Evangeline...

the rest of the world,
that's not your responsibility.

- What's gonna happen to him?

- Your stepfather?

We don't know yet,

but I do know you will never
have to live with him again.

- My mom say that?

That's also gonna take
a little bit of time.

Appeals court just refused
to hear Ohio's case.

Even some pro-life groups

thought the charges
were ridiculous.

- Well, they are.

- So you guys aren't
under arrest?

What about the stay
on the abortion?

- Family court didn't want
to make a ruling

until Ohio's arrest warrants
have been dismissed.

They're still deliberating.
- For how long?

She's 12 weeks pregnant.

Any day after
the first trimester,

it gets more complicated.

- And that's part
of Ohio's plan,

is to run out the clock.

- I'm sorry,
what century is this?

All these old white men trying
to control women's bodies?

I mean, how far off are we
from "The Handmaid's Tale"?

- You grew up taking
these rights for granted.

My mother, there was a time
when she considered abortion,

and her only option
was--was back-alley.

The bottom line is,
if you have enough money,

there's always a way.

But it's these poor women,
these girls--

in some states,
they're gonna see deaths.

That's where this is going.

- They think that's
what we're going back to.

- Fundamentalists, Catholics--

they see abortion as deaths.

- You're Catholic, right?
Is that what you think?

- What I think is what I think.

But if a woman is the victim
of rape or incest--

- I hear that,
and it sounds like

you're saying that a woman
has to be a victim

in order to have control
over her own body.

- That's not what he's saying.
- Good.

Because it's not a decision
that should ever be made

by a group of men
or a prosecutor

who's never had to make
that choice.

- Guys, guys, guys.
- J-just so we're clear.

My job is to uphold
that girl's rights,

and that's what I'm doing.

But I'm sorry, I don't see this
as black-and-white.

In my experience, no woman
wants to have an abortion.

- Okay.
- Fair enough.

But these laws
that are getting passed,

they are not the answer.

- No, they're not.

[cell phone chimes, vibrates]

- What?

- Text from Rollins.

Evangeline just threw herself
down a flight of stairs.

[forlorn music]

♪

- I was on the way back to
the squad room, I got the call.

I never should've left her.
- Hey, y-you didn't know.

- She didn't want the baby.

She tried to take care
of it herself.

- How is my daughter?

- She's gonna be all right,
Mrs. Miller.

- And my grandchild?

- Doctor says
there's a heartbeat.

- Oh.

♪

- I'm sorry, Mama.
I'm so sorry.

- Oh, my babies.

- How are you feeling,
Evangeline?

- It hurts.

- I'll take the child.

All you have to do
is give birth.

I'll raise the baby like
your little brother or sister.

- What about Jim?

- I'll talk to him.

Whatever misunderstanding
this was,

we'll work it out.

- Misunderstanding?
He raped me.

- Who told you that?
That language.

You're putting words
in her mouth.

- Mrs. Miller,
now is not the time.

- This is your fault.

If you had just
given her to us,

let us take her back to Ohio,
she would be fine.

She never would've tried
to kill her own child.

- No, Mama.

I wasn't trying
to kill the baby.

I was trying to kill myself.

- [sighs]

♪

.

- This is all my fault.

Before Jim,
with my first husband, um,

Evangeline saw
and heard things.

He'd hit me, but what was worse
is what he'd say.

That Evangeline was gonna
grow up to be a whore,

just like her mother.

- I'm sorry.

- He's been dead five years.

I can still see his face
and hear his voice.

Jim's not like that.

He's kind.

A good man.

A single mother
with a nine-year-old daughter?

He adopted her.

He--he adored her.
[sniffles]

H-he was always
so affectionate with her.

- Tammy.

You heard your daughter.

I didn't put those words
in her mouth.

♪

- Even if the DNA shows
that the baby is Jim's...

It's unique DNA.

It's created at conception.

I mean, DNA that's never been
on this earth before

and never will be again.

It's a miracle.

I can never agree
to an abortion.

- That decision is out
of your hands.

♪

But you do have
a choice to make.

You can believe your daughter
and leave Jim,

or you can choose Jim,

and Evangeline will grow up
in foster care,

until she's 18 years old.

♪

- I'm sorry for not protecting
my daughter.

What my husband did...

God tells us to forgive,

and I believe in His word.

But I also believe my daughter.

I hope that she can forgive me.

- Thank you, Mrs. Miller.

You may step down.

- The State requests remand
to ACS for two weeks

to ensure Evangeline has access
to the medical care she needs.

- So ordered.

After clearance
from her doctors,

Evangeline will be returned
to the custody of her mother

on the condition
she receive ongoing counseling,

and that James Miller
has been permanently removed

from the home.

- Your Honor, I'm in contact
with Child Services in Ohio.

If they find out
that Tammy Miller has allowed

any contact by James Miller
with his stepdaughter,

Evangeline will be removed
from her mother's custody.

- Is the Ohio DA
going to prosecute Mr. Miller?

- That's unclear at this point,
Your Honor.

- I see.

Good luck to you, Evangeline.

I sincerely wish you
all the best.

[low chatter]

- Well, Counselor,
you destroyed a family,

and helped ensure the murder
of another innocent child.

- I believe in God,
Mr. Graham.

And I understand
abortion causes a death.

- Do you?

- My mother got pregnant
when she was 45.

This is after having four kids.

An ultrasound showed that the--

the baby had
a fetal heart defect.

Even if she was able
to carry to term,

the doctor said
the baby wasn't gonna live

for more than a few days.

My mother decided to terminate.

She never told my father, he...

she told me.

She said how much
she loved that baby,

but she didn't think
it was fair.

It wasn't fair
to her other children,

it wasn't fair to that kid.

It was only gonna know pain.

[melancholy music]

And then she cried for a week.

I didn't know--I didn't know
what to say to her,

but I do know
that we both grieved.

♪

- Why are you telling me
this, Counselor?

- Because we're not
so different, you and me.

♪

And I can't imagine
that you think it's right

that a man who has
so lost his way,

has so abandoned God,

that he would rape
his own stepdaughter,

should get away with that.

♪

- Thanks.
Hey, that was Carisi.

The Mercer County DA
confirmed through DNA

that James Miller
impregnated his stepdaughter.

They charged him with 114
counts of rape of a child.

- We knew that Carisi
wasn't gonna let that go.

- No.
[chuckles]

Um, and it's, uh, Kat and Fin
on the next shift.

Do you mind
if I punch out early?

- Oh, of course, sure.

Hey, take some family time.

- [chuckles]
Thanks.

♪

♪

- I'm scared.

- I'll be here, waiting.

- Evangeline, are you ready?

- I am.

♪

- Got it?
[grunts]

♪

♪

.

[dramatic music]

♪

[wolf howls]