Surrogate who refused to have abortion asks Supreme Court to intervene over sick newborn
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3 reports left out of the cascade - too little in common with the story to place
How it spread - 13 original reports, 4 reprints
Thu, 10 September 2026
2 reports- kbtx.com20:43first to report
A California couple’s surrogate who refused their wishes to have an abortion has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene.
1 reprint
- alaskasnewssource.com10 Sept, 20:43their copy
- wlos.com21:07
Alaska cardiac nurse McKenna West, a surrogate for a California couple, has asked the Supreme Court to intervene in a custody battle over the baby she bore.
3 reprints
- foxsanantonio.com10 Sept, 21:07their copy
- wset.com10 Sept, 21:07their copy
- cbs2iowa.com10 Sept, 21:07their copy
Sat, 12 September 2026
2 reports- 24sata (Croatia)10:12
Biološki roditelji tražili su prekid trudnoće nakon dijagnoze teške srčane mane. Dječak je rođen i operiran, a spor oko skrbništva sada je stigao do američkog Vrhovnog suda
- The Hill16:53
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...
Sat, 19 September 2026
1 report- The Guardian World22:46
Ruling latest step in legal fight over medically fragile child born after surrogate 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...
Tue, 22 September 2026
6 reports- Google News - Top Stories20:35
Supreme Court declines to intervene in custody case involving newborn with heart condition NBC News Supreme Court Declines to Intervene in Custody Fight Over Surrogacy and Abortion The New York Times Supreme Court stays out of custody dispute between California couple and surrogate CBS News Baby born via surrogate can leave Texas for treatment in California, court rules The Guardian Supreme Court rejects surrogate’s request to have a say in sick baby’s care CNN
- Google News - Top Stories20:43
Supreme Court stays out of custody dispute between California couple and surrogate CBS News Supreme Court Declines to Intervene in Custody Fight Over Surrogacy and Abortion The New York Times Kagan declines appeal from surrogate mother who refused to get abortion washingtonpost.com US Supreme Court won’t intervene in custody dispute between California couple and surrogate AP News Supreme Court declines to intervene in custody case involving newborn with heart condition NBC News
- winnipegfreepress.com21:09
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to intervene in a custody dispute over a 5-week-old child who was born in Texas after a surrogate refused a California couple
- Google News - Top Stories22:25
Supreme Court Order Gives Parents Custody of Baby in Surrogacy Fight The New York Times US Supreme Court won’t intervene in custody dispute between California couple and surrogate wbbjtv.com Kagan declines appeal from surrogate mother who refused to get abortion The Washington Post Kagan steers Supreme Court clear of high-profile surrogacy fight thehill.com Supreme Court declines to intervene in custody case involving newborn with heart condition NBC News
- The Guardian World22:38
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...
- The Hill22:50
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...
Wed, 23 September 2026
2 reports- Google News - Top Stories00:28
Kagan declines appeal from surrogate mother who refused to get abortion The Washington Post Supreme Court Order Gives Parents Custody of Baby in Surrogacy Fight The New York Times US Supreme Court won't intervene in custody dispute between California couple, surrogate 6abc Philadelphia Supreme Court declines to intervene in custody case involving newborn with heart condition NBC News US supreme court declines to intervene in custody fight over baby born via surrogate The Guardian
- fox26houston.com16:53
The U.S. Supreme Court will not block a California judgment recognizing a couple as the legal parents of a child born in Texas after a surrogate refused their request to terminate the pregnancy.