Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

The Burden of Our Choices (2019)

Zuleikha Robinson: Vanessa Hadid

Quotes 

• 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.