Maggie's Farm

As a social worker in a psychiatric hospital here in the US, I am very suspicious that we are not being told a good deal of the story. Remember that the hospital, because of confidentiality, cannot answer or give context. Walt moffett's suspicion that there is another side to this shows good instinct on his part. Note that it is her mother who tells the police she is bipolar and untreated.

In particular, the bit about secret court jumped out at me. I am betting that given the details, none of us would regard it as "secret" in the paranoid sense hinted at here.

Other problems: Letting someone calm down is not an effective treatment for BPAD, so that wouldn't be available to them. The signs point to her refusing treatment that would calm her down enough to travel even with an escort. (And yes, there are safe treatments for pregnant women.)

Hospitals seldom go looking for extra complications, such as how to get an Italian baby adopted or holding someone against their will if a reasonably safe return home would be better. Or going for an unnecessary C-section.