YMMV / Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S3 E22 "Competence"

• Harsher in Hindsight: The debate over whether Katie is capable of raising a child becomes this against the backdrop of many cases in recent years where parents with disabilities have been subject to undue scrutiny due to an assumption that a person with a disability will be a bad parent.
• Strawman Has a Point: The episode centers around a young woman with Down Syndrome who became pregnant after being raped. Her 67 year-old mother campaigns throughout most of the episode to have the fetus aborted, and the writers make it clear we're supposed to vilify her at this point. YMMV on her methods, but the points made in court by the mother's attorney are valid nevertheless. The girl clearly had no idea how to properly care for a child, and it's hard to say whether it's just a skill she lacks (and therefore something she could learn, as she asserts), or if she's fundamentally incapable, with the risk of harm to the child if the latter turns out to be true.
• Unintentionally Unsympathetic: Rebecca Tolliver is meant to be seen as a Jerkass Woobie, given how her overprotectiveness and desire to terminate Katie's pregnancy is motivated by her wanting to protect her daughter and all the struggles she went through raising a disabled child alone. But despite the points raised in Strawman Has a Point, Rebecca's attempt to essentially force Katie to have an abortion and her later desire to have her tubes tied is inexcusable in its cruelty. Making matters worse is when Rebecca seemingly admits to believing that she should've had an abortion when she found out Katie would be born with Down's Syndrome. Her steadfast insistence that Katie is incapable of living independently or having a healthy consensual relationship also comes across as ableism. Even after Rebecca has her Jerkass Realization in court after her own lawyer drives her daughter to tears and allows Katie to keep her baby, she still reacts with disconcerting relief to the news that her grandchild won't be born with Down's Syndrome.