- Arthur Branch: Sophie, you're working late.
- Sophie Devere: All for a good cause, Arthur, all for a good cause. Women's rights. You remember them. You know, a lot of people in this country want to take us back to the '50s. And look what we got now: a '50s crime.
- Elliot Stabler: [after Lauren's father found out that she hit herself to induce a miscarriage] Mr. Westley, where are you going?
- Phillip Westley: Home.
- Elliot Stabler: What about your daughter?
- Phillip Westley: Keep her, lock her up. I don't care.
- Elliot Stabler: Unfortunately, children aren't disposable.
- Phillip Westley: They deserted me.
- Elliot Stabler: They're kids. Lauren's 16.
- Phillip Westley: She made a promise.
- Elliot Stabler: She's your child. Now I don't care what your beliefs are. You don't stop loving her. Like I know you don't stop thinking about your other daughter.
- Phillip Westley: Lauren tried to kill her baby.
- Elliot Stabler: Because she was afraid of you. Don't prove her right.
- Arthur Branch: [to Novak] Who's your trial judge?
- Casey Novak: Elizabeth Donnelly.
- Arthur Branch: Our favorite radical feminist. Wears her views on her sleeve. This would probably appeal to her notion of inequality. I want you to talk to Donnelly. Tell her to recuse herself from this case.
- Casey Novak: On what grounds?
- Arthur Branch: Public views on abortion.
- Casey Novak: I think she's perfectly capable of divorcing her personal beliefs from the case.
- Arthur Branch: I'm not willing to take that risk. Talk to her, Casey, and tell her we can do it unofficially or officially.
- Judge Elizabeth Donnelly: [to Novak] Are you asking me to recuse myself?
- Casey Novak: I'm sorry, but your public position on abortion rights, your work for Naral, make it impossible for you to appear impartial.
- Judge Elizabeth Donnelly: I'm against detention without trial at Guantanamo, I can still try terrorism cases.
- Casey Novak: Your presence will also politicize the case. It's gonna provide fuel for the pro-life lobby.
- Judge Elizabeth Donnelly: My absence will provide fuel for the pro-choice lobby, which still exists, Casey, even if you've deserted it.
- Casey Novak: It's my job to prosecute this case, regardless of my views.
- Judge Elizabeth Donnelly: And it's my job to try it. I see no reason at all why I should accede to your request, so tell your boss to go screw himself.
- Casey Novak: Elizabeth, if I have to make this request official, you know I'll win. Please don't make me do that.
- Judge Elizabeth Donnelly: Are you threatening me?
- Casey Novak: No. I'm asking you as a friend.
- Judge Elizabeth Donnelly: Branch really got to you, didn't he? All right. I'll recuse myself. Playing politics with the law, Casey. You're heading down a slippery slope.
- Arthur Branch: [to Novak] Why are you making a deal?
- Casey Novak: Lauren Westley was given fraudulent information by a doctor masquerading as a provider of abortion services.
- Arthur Branch: Did he instruct her to get her boyfriend to batter her baby to death?
- Casey Novak: No.
- Arthur Branch: Did he assist them?
- Casey Novak: He forced them into a corner.
- Arthur Branch: Does that justify battering her? No deals, Casey. Do your job. Prosecute the crime.
- Casey Novak: I am already losing the jury. With this new information, I don't...
- Arthur Branch: You know what's more important than winning or losing? Sending a message that this city won't condone violent crime whatever the duress.
- Elliot Stabler: [to Mr. Westley] How well does Lauren know Wayne?
- Phillip Westley: He's a year ahead of her. Gives her a ride to school sometimes.
- Elliot Stabler: He been in any trouble?
- Phillip Westley: His dad's in the Army, his mother's a nurse. He's on his own a lot. What difference does it make? He raped my daughter. You should be out there looking for him.
- Elliot Stabler: We don't know that he did rape her.
- Phillip Westley: He got her pregnant.
- Elliot Stabler: Mr. Westley, you gotta start considering the possibility that Lauren had consensual sex.
- Phillip Westley: Lauren would never do that. She'd never betray me.
- Elliot Stabler: What if she was too scared to tell you?
- Phillip Westley: Why would she be scared of me?
- Elliot Stabler: After what you did to her sister?
- Phillip Westley: That's none of your business. So why don't you just do your damn job and catch the bastard?
- Olivia Benson: [to Lauren] Is Wayne the baby's father?
- Lauren Westley: Yes.
- Olivia Benson: Did he rape you?
- Lauren Westley: I don't want to talk about it.
- Olivia Benson: Lauren, talking about it is gonna help you. Did Wayne force you to have sex with him?
- Lauren Westley: We didn't mean for it to happen. The nurse said that I had a little girl. I want to see her.
- Olivia Benson: I'm sorry.
- Lauren Westley: Please.
- Olivia Benson: The medical examiner took her away so they could figure out what happened.
- Sophie Devere: [about Lauren and Wayne] Casey, they're kids. They're emotionally devastated. They're not in control of their actions.
- Casey Novak: On the contrary. They made a plan, and they executed it.
- Sophie Devere: It was Lauren's plan.
- Casey Novak: She didn't force Wayne to hit her, but he still did. Not once, but 20 times until the lamp shattered. Lauren hit the baby too. And I'm gonna charge them both.
- Sophie Devere: Which means you charge her with a misdemeanor and him with a felony? Gee, does that seem fair to you?
- Arthur Branch: [to Novak] So you handed the case to the defense?
- Casey Novak: Wayne still got probation.
- Arthur Branch: Really? Well, I may be pro-life, but I'm even more pro-law. Arrest that doctor.
