India, June 22 -- Netflix's Maternal Instinct has brought the spotlight back to one of the most harrowing murder cases in recent Texas history. Directed by Jessica Dimmock, the documentary investigates a harrowing 2020 fetal abduction case, which saw Taylor Rene Parker murder her friend, 21-year-old Reagan Simmons-Hancock.

A Bowie County jury in November 2022 sentenced Parker to death. She is one of the few women on Texas Death Row. That sentence was recently upheld in November 2025.

There are around 47 women on death row in the United States, according to the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide. California reportedly has the largest share.

"As of October 7, 2025, the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide reports ther...