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  "id": 6963457,
  "title": "Surrogate who fled to Texas to avoid abortion appeals custody case to Supreme Court",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/surrogate-who-fled-to-texas-to-avoid-abortion-appeals-custody-case-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-12T16:53:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/6086160-texas-surrogacy-case-supreme-court-appeal/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The surrogate who fled to Texas after the unborn child's biological parents requested she have an abortion is asking the Supreme Court to intervene in the custody battle — which garnered national attention and state Attorney General Ken Paxton's (R) intervention. McKenna West filed an emergency application Wednesday asking the high court to temporarily block...",
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        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "Surrogate who refused abortion over heart defect takes custody battle to US Supreme Court",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/surrogate-who-refused-abortion-over-heart-defect-takes-custody-battle",
        "published": "2026-09-11T17:55:06.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Surrogate who refused abortion over heart defect takes custody battle to US Supreme Court",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/surrogate-who-refused-abortion-over-heart-defect-takes-custody-battle-6793796",
        "published": "2026-09-11T19:11:33.000Z"
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        "title": "Surrogate who refused abortion over heart defect takes custody battle to US Supreme Court",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/surrogate-who-refused-abortion-over-heart-defect-takes-custody-battle-6812135",
        "published": "2026-09-11T22:19:56.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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