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Kagan steers Supreme Court clear of high-profile surrogacy fight

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan declined a surrogate’s emergency bid on Tuesday to intervene in her custody fight that drew national attention after the biological parents’ told her to get an abortion and she left for Texas instead. McKenna West, the surrogate, sought to lift a parentage judgment in favor of the couple issued in a California…

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Sep 22, 2026 · byThe Hill

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 surrogate who had asked the US’s highest court to halt a California court order recognizing the couple, Omar Ahmed and Nausheen Gilkar, as the boy’s legal parents. Continue reading...

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Sep 22, 2026 · byThe Guardian

Surrogate McKenna West Shut Down By Supreme Court In Battle Over Baby Boy

Surrogate McKenna West lost her bid to have the Supreme Court review her battle with the biological parents of the child she gave birth to, TMZ has learned. On Tuesday, Justice Elena Kagan decided to reject McKenna's plea for the court to…

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Sep 22, 2026 · byTMZ

Baby born via surrogate can leave Texas for treatment in California, court rules

Ruling latest step in legal fight over medically fragile child born after surrogate reportedly rejected couple’s request for abortion The Texas supreme court has decided that the month-old infant that surrogate McKenna West gave birth to can be relocated to Los Angeles, a Thursday ruling that came weeks after a California court had recognized the biological parents’ custody rights . “Sustaining the life of the medically fragile child is the paramount concern in this time-sensitive matter,” the court wrote in a Thursday order, referring to the baby’s rare severe heart defect . West had attempted to block the biological parents from removing the child from Texas and taking him to a hospital in Los Angeles where the couple live. Continue reading...

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Sep 19, 2026 · byThe Guardian

McKenna West Surrogacy Drama: First Photos of Newborn At Center of Legal Battle

The first photos of the baby at the center of the legal drama between the biological parents and surrogate McKenna West have been released ... and they are tough to look at. TMZ obtained two photos of the newborn from his biological parents, Omar…

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Sep 18, 2026 · byTMZ

Surrogate who fled to Texas to avoid abortion appeals custody case to Supreme Court

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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Sep 12, 2026 · byThe Hill

McKenna West Asks Supreme Court to Intervene in Surrogacy Baby Fight

McKenna West is taking her wild surrogacy battle to the highest court in the land ... asking the Supreme Court of the United States to step into the fight over the critically ill baby she carried. The Alaska surrogate filed an emergency application…

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Sep 10, 2026 · byTMZ