US supreme court declines to intervene in custody fight over baby born via surrogate
Surrogate who rejected abortion request had asked justices to halt court order recognizing LA couple as legal parents The supreme court has refused to get involved with a custody dispute between an Alaska surrogate and a California couple whose child was born with a rare and serious heart defect. On Tuesday, Justice Elena Kagan denied an emergency request from McKenna West, an Alaska nurse and…
The US Supreme Court has declined to intervene in a custody dispute concerning a baby born via surrogate. The case involved McKenna West, an Alaska nurse and surrogate, who sought to halt a court order recognizing Omar Ahmed and Nausheen Gilkar as the legal parents of their newborn child. West, who rejected an abortion request, had traveled to Texas to give birth, as abortion is illegal in her state.
Despite the Texas supreme court's ruling that the child can relocate to a Los Angeles hospital for treatment, West has argued for custody, claiming that the couple is unwilling to provide necessary medical care. The court's refusal to intervene highlights the ongoing debate surrounding surrogacy and abortion.
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