Have seen some interesting discussion about Laure. I cant remember all of her back story but she has suffered personal loss.
And I think I am right in saying she had already decided she didn't want to be a mother and kept missing appointments made to have an abortion because she kept putting the job first.
So actually having the baby wasn't something she actually wanted.
And she may have post natal depression.
There is also the think that because she is a mother she is seen less sympathetically than the male police who often fail at being a good father.
And true to character, whether right or wrong for her or anyone else, she has gone back to policing at the expense of everything else.
I saw on another thread that the original Spiral series was created by 2 women writers who wanted the drame to reflect the conflicts in women's lives.
eg Josephine is not necessarily a "nice" person but in many instances her choices are based on being a woman trying to fit into a male dominated world.
And the poor baby doesn't seem to be wanted by her father either. His response to getting sole custody wasn't exactly positive. It seemed getting Laure to appear before the family Judge was more about getting at her than anything else.