When ADA Novak is talking to Wayne's attorney she is saying it isn't fair that he gets charged with a felony and Lauren gets charged with a misdemeanor. The crime Wayne is guilty of is Abortion in the first degree, it is when a person causes an unlawful abortion on a fetus over 24 weeks of gestation, it is a class D felony and carries a sentence of two to seven years in prison. Lauren is guilty of Self-abortion in the first degree, because the fetus was over 24 weeks, it is a class A misdemeanor and carries a penalty of a $1,000 fine and up to one year in jail.
DA Arthur Branch (Fred Thompson ) appeared in eleven episodes of SVU: Fallacy (2003), Manic (2003), Loss (2003), Serendipity (2003), Abomination (2003), Shaken (2003), Night (2005), Goliath (2005), Starved (2005), Rockabye (2005), Gone (2006). His final appearance in the series was in February 2006. Sadly, the actor died on November 1, 2015.