- Olivia Benson: 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.
- Katriona Tamin: Already did, and I read the files from all the major cases over the last five years.
- Olivia Benson: So you're an underachiever.
- [Tamin laughs]
- Olivia Benson: You're gonna be fine, and very nice job with Sir Toby.
- Katriona Tamin: Thanks. I'll feel better once he's convicted.
- Olivia Benson: Yeah, you and me both.
- Olivia Benson: Mrs. Miller, I've been doing this for a very long time, and sometimes, the unspeakable turns out to be the truth.
- Katriona Tamin: Going through this girl's social media, it's a mash-up of "Jesus is my boyfriend" songs and kitten videos.
- Odafin Tutuola: Anything that puts her in New York?
- Katriona Tamin: No, but I do have a lead on Isaac.
- Odafin Tutuola: Look who made it to New York. That's a fresh tattoo. So all we gotta do is check out tattoo parlors.
- Katriona Tamin: 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.
- Odafin Tutuola: Well, let's go.
- Katriona Tamin: Just spoke to her. She knew where Isaac lives. Didn't ask why.
- Odafin Tutuola: Good work.
- Dominick Carisi Jr.: [to Olivia] 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?"
- Olivia Benson: And what did you say?
- Dominick Carisi Jr.: We're in uncharted waters.
- Trevor Langan: 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.
- Tammy Miller: Evie would never choose murder.
- James Miller: I don't know who's gotten into her head, but this is not the daughter we raised.
- Evangeline Miller: No, I can't go back home!
- Tammy Miller: Evangeline!
- Evangeline Miller: [points to James] I can't because he put this baby inside me!
- Dominick Carisi Jr.: [to Olivia] 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.
- Olivia Benson: So they're more worried about stopping the abortion then they are about stopping the abuse.
- Dominick Carisi Jr.: I have to ask. You're sure it's him?
- Olivia Benson: 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.
- Olivia Benson: 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.
- Tammy Miller: That will hurt the baby.
- Olivia Benson: No, these days, it's a simple test of the mother's blood.
- Tammy Miller: Well, isn't that a miracle.
- Olivia Benson: So if we could get your husband's DNA and if he is innocent...
- Tammy Miller: Which he is.
- Olivia Benson: Then it could very well exonerate him.
- Tammy Miller: 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.
- Olivia Benson: However it happened?
- Amanda Rollins: Evangeline may be confused. Her religious upbringing, it's just... it's a lot.
- Olivia Benson: So she's changing her mind?
- Amanda Rollins: 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.
- Olivia Benson: Amanda, you know that you can't do that.
- Amanda Rollins: 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?
- Olivia Benson: We can't. It's not up to us. There's a court-ordered stay on the abortion.
- Amanda Rollins: 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.
- Olivia Benson: I know. I know that it's hard.
- Amanda Rollins: No, it's just... I
- [sighs]
- Amanda Rollins: I worry about them all the time.
- Deputy Chief Christian Garland: So we're taking on Ohio?
- Olivia Benson: Oh, it's more like Ohio is taking on us, and, by the way, there's an arrest warrant for you too.
- Deputy Chief Christian Garland: I'm flattered.
- Olivia Benson: The charge is conspiracy to commit murder if she has an abortion and they're serious.
- Deputy Chief Christian Garland: 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.
- Evangeline Miller: [to Rollins] My friends keep texting me, and Pastor Mark keeps e-mailing 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.
- Amanda Rollins: Evangeline, the rest of the world, that's not your responsibility.
- Katriona Tamin: 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"?
- Olivia Benson: 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.
- Katriona Tamin: They think that's what we're going back to.
- Dominick Carisi Jr.: Fundamentalists, Catholics, they see abortion as deaths.
- Katriona Tamin: You're Catholic, right? Is that what you think?
- Dominick Carisi Jr.: What I think is what I think, but if a woman is the victim of rape or incest...
- Katriona Tamin: 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.
- Olivia Benson: That's not what he's saying.
- Katriona Tamin: 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.
- Olivia Benson: [after Evangeline accuses her stepfather of raping her] Do you remember how old you were?
- Evangeline Miller: The day after my birthday. Eleven. He came into my room, sat on my bed... said I was becoming a woman.
- Amanda Rollins: What did he do?
- Evangeline Miller: 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.
- Amanda Rollins: Can... can you tell us more?
- Evangeline Miller: One night, he said I was ready. He put his thing in, and it hurt. I said no. That I was waiting 'til marriage. He said it didn't count, though, 'cause he was married to my mom, that we were family.
- Olivia Benson: So, Evangeline, it's okay if you didn't, but did you tell your mom?
- Evangeline Miller: I tried once. She wouldn't listen. Jim got so mad. He said if Mama found out, he'd have to leave us.
- Evangeline Miller: The judge said Ohio was wrong. So I can get an abortion?
- Amanda Rollins: 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.
- Evangeline Miller: Everyone knows who I am. The Ohio girl.
- Amanda Rollins: I'm sorry.
- Evangeline Miller: What's gonna happen to him?
- Amanda Rollins: Your stepfather?
- [Evangeline nods]
- Amanda Rollins: We don't know yet, but I do know you will never have to live with him again.
- Evangeline Miller: My mom say that?
- Amanda Rollins: That's also gonna take a little bit of time.
- Corp. Counsel Hayley Brogan: The State requests remand to ACS for two weeks to ensure Evangeline has access to the medical care she needs.
- Judge Martinez: 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.
- Trevor Langan: 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.
- Judge Martinez: Is the Ohio D.A. going to prosecute Mr. Miller?
- Dominick Carisi Jr.: That's unclear at this point, Your Honor.
- Judge Martinez: I see. Good luck to you, Evangeline. I sincerely wish you all the best.
- Tammy Miller: An ongoing physical relationship? My little girl? No. It... it's not possible.
- Olivia Benson: Actually, it is possible.
- James Miller: Okay, well, did she say who it was?
- Tammy Miller: It has to be Isaac. That's why she came here.
- James Miller: Have you arrested him?
- Tammy Miller: James, we have to talk to him. He's the father. He has to marry her.
- James Miller: Right.
- Olivia Benson: Mrs. Miller, your daughter didn't come here to be with Isaac.
- Dominick Carisi Jr.: She came to New York because she doesn't want this pregnancy.
- James Miller: What?
- Tammy Miller: No! No, whatever happened, this baby is a gift from God.
- James Miller: Wait, are you saying that she wants an abortion?
- Dominick Carisi Jr.: Yes and in New York State, that is her right.
- Olivia Benson: Evangeline is here now, and New York has full reproductive rights for girls of any age.
- Dominick Carisi Jr.: That is right. It's the girl's decision.
- Amanda Rollins: Well, she's upset, but she definitely wants the abortion.
- Odafin Tutuola: The parents are fundamentalists. Once they get here, they're gonna throw her in the car and take her home.
- Dominick Carisi Jr.: She's 13?
- Olivia Benson: She is.
- Dominick Carisi Jr.: It's gonna be hard for a judge to deny parental custody.
- Amanda Rollins: Even with evidence of sexual abuse? I mean, going back years.
- Dominick Carisi Jr.: 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.
- Odafin Tutuola: There may not be time for that. The Millers are on their way here now.
- Olivia Benson: We're talking about a pregnant 13-year-old runaway. Carisi, can't we take emergency custody? I'm going to call ACS.
- Dominick Carisi Jr.: She's also gonna need her own lawyer. I'll call Legal Aid.
- Olivia Benson: And they're gonna just send someone who's handling 75 other cases. Look, I... I know someone 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.
- Evangeline Miller: My mom and Jim are here in New York?
- Olivia Benson: Well, they're worried about you.
- Evangeline Miller: I didn't want them to find out.
- Olivia Benson: Find out what, honey?
- Amanda Rollins: That you're pregnant?
- Evangeline Miller: Mm-hmm.
- Amanda Rollins: We're worried about you, too. And if there's anything you want to tell us, your parents don't have to know.
- Evangeline Miller: They can't know that I disobeyed God's word. And they can't know why I'm here in New York.
- Olivia Benson: Okay, Evangeline, why... why are you here?
- Evangeline Miller: To get an abortion.
- Dr. Sloane: She's dehydrated. Suffering from exposure, exhaustion.
- Olivia Benson: Is there any sign of physical abuse?
- Dr. Sloane: Damned if I do, damned if I don't in these cases.
- Olivia Benson: I know.
- Dr. Sloane: If I report, I can't promise patient confidentiality.
- Amanda Rollins: She's 13. A runaway.
- Dr. Sloane: I know, so if I don't report, I'm breaking the law.
- Olivia Benson: If there's anything that you feel comfortable telling us...
- Dr. Sloane: The extent of vaginal scarring, given her age? She's been sexually active or abused for at least two years.
- Amanda Rollins: Since she was 11?
- Dr. Sloane: She's also 12 weeks pregnant.
- Evangeline Miller: [to Rollins] Do you believe God makes mistakes?
- Amanda Rollins: I don't know. I definitely know humans do.
- Evangeline Miller: If God doesn't make mistakes, that means this baby is part of His plan.
- Amanda Rollins: That may be, but we don't always know what His plan is.
- Evangeline Miller: Can we pray together?
- [holds Rollins' hand]
- Evangeline Miller: Dear Heavenly Father, thank you so much for sending Amanda to help me. Please help me figure out what I'm supposed to do.
- Olivia Benson: Tammy, you heard your daughter. I didn't put those words in her mouth.
- Tammy Miller: 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.
- Olivia Benson: 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.
- Tammy Miller: [to Evangeline] I'll take the child. All you have to do is give birth. I'll raise the baby like your little brother or sister.
- Evangeline Miller: What about Jim?
- Tammy Miller: I'll talk to him. Whatever misunderstanding this was, we'll work it out.
- Evangeline Miller: Misunderstanding? He raped me.
- Tammy Miller: Who told you that? That language. You're putting words in her mouth.
- Olivia Benson: Mrs. Miller, now is not the time.
- Tammy Miller: 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.
- Evangeline Miller: No, Mama. I wasn't trying to kill the baby. I was trying to kill myself.
- Forreston Graham: Well, Counselor, you destroyed a family, and helped ensure the murder of another innocent child.
- Dominick Carisi Jr.: I believe in God, Mr. Graham. And I understand abortion causes a death.
- Forreston Graham: Do you?
- Dominick Carisi Jr.: 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. 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.
- Forreston Graham: Why are you telling me this, Counselor?
- Dominick Carisi Jr.: 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.
- Tammy Miller: 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.
- Olivia Benson: I'm sorry.
- Tammy Miller: 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. H-He was always so affectionate with her.
- Dominick Carisi Jr.: Appeals court just refused to hear Ohio's case. Even some pro-life groups thought the charges were ridiculous.
- Olivia Benson: Well, they are.
- Katriona Tamin: So you guys aren't under arrest? What about the stay on the abortion?
- Dominick Carisi Jr.: Family court didn't want to make a ruling until Ohio's arrest warrants have been dismissed. They're still deliberating.
- Katriona Tamin: For how long? She's twelve weeks pregnant. Any day after the first trimester, it gets more complicated.
- Olivia Benson: And that's part of Ohio's plan, is to run out the clock.
- Judge Karyn Blake: 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?
- Forreston Graham: Yes. We ask that the officers immediately turn themselves in to the Mercer County D.A.'s office.
- Vanessa Hadid: This is unprecedented. Your Honor, Ohio has no standing in this matter. It's a family court proceeding.
- Forreston Graham: 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.
- Dominick Carisi Jr.: First of all, Your Honor, that law has not yet taken effect.
- Forreston Graham: There's also the issue of fetal harm.
- Vanessa Hadid: 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.
- Forreston Graham: 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..
- Dominick Carisi Jr.: And we'd argue that the D.A. 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.
- Vanessa Hadid: 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.
- Forreston Graham: 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.
- James Miller: We're taking Evangeline home right now.
- Dominick Carisi Jr.: Listen, Mr. Miller, I'm sorry, but that's... that's not happening.
- James Miller: Excuse me?
- Tammy Miller: I don't understand.
- Olivia Benson: I know that this is very difficult to hear, but as of now, Evangeline is in the custody of Child Protective Services.
- Tammy Miller: What?
- James Miller: You can't just take our daughter away from us. What about our rights?
- Dominick Carisi Jr.: You'll appear before a family court judge. I can help you get a lawyer.
- James Miller: 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.
- Amanda Rollins: The Mercer County D.A. confirmed through DNA that James Miller impregnated his stepdaughter. They charged him with 114 counts of rape of a child.
- Olivia Benson: We knew that Carisi wasn't gonna let that go.
- Amanda Rollins: No. Um, and it's, uh, Kat and Fin on the next shift. Do you mind if I punch out early?
- Olivia Benson: Oh, of course, sure. Hey, take some family time.
- Amanda Rollins: Thanks.
- Dominick Carisi Jr.: 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.
- Olivia Benson: Okay.
- Katriona Tamin: Fair enough. But these laws that are getting passed, they are not the answer.
- Olivia Benson: No, they're not.
- Dominick Carisi Jr.: [Benson's phone chimes] What?
- Olivia Benson: Text from Rollins. Evangeline just threw herself down a flight of stairs.
- Tammy Miller: 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.
- Evangeline Miller: 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.
- Olivia Benson: That is completely your decision, Evangeline. Okay, we're just... we're just trying to sort this out.
- Amanda Rollins: Now, can you tell us how you got pregnant?
- Evangeline Miller: I turned my back on God. I didn't save myself for marriage.
- Olivia Benson: So... so it was someone you know. Okay, well, we know that you came here to see Isaac.
- Evangeline Miller: I wanted him to help me.
- Olivia Benson: So was it Isaac?
- Amanda Rollins: Just tell us what happened. It's gonna be okay.
- Evangeline Miller: I didn't want to say no to him.
- Amanda Rollins: Did he force you?
- Evangeline Miller: 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. I should've told her, but I was just too afraid that she wouldn't believe me.
- Amanda Rollins: None of this is your fault, honey.
- Evangeline Miller: You can't tell my mom, or Jim, or Pastor Mark that I want an abortion. They would never allow it.
- Judge Martinez: I'm satisfied Evangeline understands the ramifications of her decision, and that this decision is hers alone.
- Tammy Miller: She can't kill our grandbaby.
- Judge Martinez: Mrs. Miller, I realize this is difficult, but your daughter has rights.
- Forreston Graham: [entering] Your Honor! We demand an immediate cessation of these proceedings.
- Judge Martinez: And you are?
- Forreston Graham: Forreston Graham. Mercer County D.A.'s office. I'm here to protect the rights of the unborn baby Miller. I have a writ of habeas corpus, asserting that the State of New York is illegally holding Evangeline Miller. I also have arrest warrants for the detectives involved in this case.
- Dominick Carisi Jr.: Well, on what charge? Dominick Carisi, Manhattan D.A.'s office.
- Forreston Graham: 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.
- Tammy Miller: I had a vision we'd find you safe.
- Evangeline Miller: I'm okay, Mama.
- James Miller: Your mother's been worried sick. What were you thinking?
- Evangeline Miller: I'm sorry.
- Tammy Miller: James, she's here. She's safe.
- James Miller: Yeah.
- Tammy Miller: We can all go home now.
- James Miller: Okay.
- Evangeline Miller: I don't want to go home.
- Tammy Miller: Of course you do.
- Evangeline Miller: They said I didn't have to.
- Amanda Rollins: We need to talk about a few things first.
- James Miller: Okay, it doesn't matter. We're your parents. You have to obey us. Come on.
- Amanda Rollins: Actually...
- [a patrol officer leads Trevor Langan in]
- Amanda Rollins: Evangeline, this is Trevor Langan.
- Trevor Langan: I'm going to represent you.
- Tammy Miller: Why does she need a lawyer?
- James Miller: Yeah, what is going on?
- Odafin Tutuola: Where's Evangeline?
- Isaac Franklin: I don't know, I...
- Katriona Tamin: Wrong answer, Isaac. We know she's in New York, and we know you're the only person here she knows.
- Isaac Franklin: I didn't tell her to come.
- Odafin Tutuola: When'd you see her?
- [seeing he's reluctant to say]
- Odafin Tutuola: I'm calling the Jolene sheriff. He has a warrant out for your arrest.
- Isaac Franklin: What? For hooking up with my girlfriend?
- Katriona Tamin: [taking out her handcuffs] So, Isaac, you can talk now or pray later. Turn around.
- Isaac Franklin: She needed a place to crash, okay? I mean, she's friends with my kid sister, okay?
- Katriona Tamin: Where is she now?
- Isaac Franklin: I don't know. We... we got in kind of argument. She left.
- Odafin Tutuola: Why'd she leave?
- Isaac Franklin: She needed money. I told her she could crash here all she wants, but that's all I could do.
- Katriona Tamin: And you have no idea where she is now?
- Isaac Franklin: I loaned her my dog. I told her she could panhandle with Duke, by the... by the 99 cents pizza place.
- Tammy Miller: Please tell us you found her. We prayed the whole way here.
- Amanda Rollins: Her cell is off, but we're tracking her social media.
- James Miller: Well, track his cell. Isaac, she followed him out here.
- Olivia Benson: Follow? When did Isaac leave Ohio?
- James Miller: About a month ago, after they caught him with a 15-year-old girl. They should've kept him in prison after that.
- Amanda Rollins: Evangeline and Isaac are friends?
- James Miller: Well, she's friends with his little sister, but that would not stop a boy like that.
- Olivia Benson: Are you saying that they were involved?
- Tammy Miller: Like a boyfriend? No, no. Evangeline can be emotional, but she takes her faith seriously.
- Olivia Benson: A teen runaway from Jolene, Ohio? That's still Missing Persons.
- Katriona Tamin: She's 13. I called her parents. They think that she was lured here by a boy, Isaac Franklin, 19, from their town.
- Odafin Tutuola: Jolene sheriff says Isaac skipped out on a bench warrant for a statutory; different girl.
- Olivia Benson: Okay, so track the boy down, call the parents back, and tell them that SVU is...
- Katriona Tamin: Actually, they're here. Drove all night. They're in the waiting room.
- Forreston Graham: 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.
- Judge Karyn Blake: Mr. Graham, I'm denying Ohio's request for detainer.
- Forreston Graham: In that case, Your Honor, we appeal. We intend to take this up to the Supreme Court, if necessary.
- Judge Karyn Blake: And that's your right, Mr. Graham.