Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Savior (2010)

Elizabeth Marvel: Dr. Frantz

Quotes 

• Olivia Benson : [to Dr. Frantz]  How is Gladys?

  Dr. Frantz : She had a grand mal seizure. Most likely brought on by pre-eclampsia with brain edema.

  Detective Elliot Stabler : In English, Doc?

  Dr. Frantz : Her blood pressure was dangerously high, so I had to do a crash C-section, but Gladys is going to be okay.

  Olivia Benson : What about the baby?

  Dr. Frantz : Four months early, barely weighs a pound. She has respiratory problems, necrotizing enterocolitis, intraventricular hemorrhaging. Bottom line, at the very least, she's going to need multiple surgeries and months of care in the NlCU.

  Olivia Benson : So what are her chances? Seriously.

  Dr. Frantz : Babies born any earlier, we usually place in the hospice. This one, I'd say anywhere between 17 and 40%.

  Detective Elliot Stabler : Still worth it.

  Dr. Frantz : I don't know if l'd necessarily agree with you.

  Olivia Benson : You think heroic measures shouldn't be taken.

  Dr. Frantz : I think withholding treatment is an option.

  Detective Elliot Stabler : It's not an option. It's murder.

  Dr. Frantz : And pouring thousands, if not millions, of dollars into saving a baby who will be blind with cerebral palsy and severe mental retardation, you think that's what's best for her?

  Detective Elliot Stabler : You cannot say for sure that this baby will not live a normal life.

  Dr. Frantz : No one can, but the odds are very small.