Commentary In the late 80s and early 90s, one of my favorite TV shows was “LA Law,” a drama about the cases taken on by a large law firm, and the drama behind the scenes among the lawyers and the clients. One storyline in particular stayed with me throughout the decades. In the episode entitled “Lie Down and Deliver, ” lawyer Ann Kelsey, played by actress Jill Eikenberry, was assigned the task of defending a doctor accused of malpractice because a baby had died upon delivery. She was seriously conflicted because she was pregnant at the time. How could she defend someone accused of killing a baby? She sympathized much more with the plaintiff who had lost a child than with her own client. What if her own baby dies during delivery? Who would she hold responsible? How could she defend a baby killer? Her closing argument went something like …