{
  "id": 726153,
  "title": "Surrogate mother who fled to Texas gives birth to baby with severe heart defect",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/surrogate-mother-who-fled-to-texas-gives-birth-to-baby-with-severe",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T02:12:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/12/surrogate-mother-texas-gives-birth"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "McKenna West initially agreed to an abortion after diagnosis, but then fled to state where abortion is illegal and broke contact with biological parents, attorney alleges A surrogate mother who traveled to Texas, where abortion is illegal, claiming she was pressured to end the pregnancy after the discovery of a severe heart defect, gave birth on Wednesday to a baby boy. The child’s biological…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}