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Supreme Court declines to intervene in Texas surrogacy case
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The U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene Tuesday in the case surrounding an infant boy born in Texas after his surrogate mother refused to terminate the child’s life at the request of his biological parents.
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The Supreme Court declined to intervene in a multi-state surrogacy dispute over a baby with a severe heart defect, letting a California court’s ruling that the genetic parents are the child’s legal guardians stand, while the surrogate sought involvement in the child’s medical decisions.
The couple had asked the surrogate, nurse McKenna West, to terminate the pregnancy in April after the baby was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome at approximately 20 weeks of pregnancy.
The Supreme Court declined to get involved in the case of a surrogate enmeshed in a multistate custody battle with California parents who at one point asked her to abort the fetus because of a heart defect.
By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined a request from a surrogate who is fighting for custody of a baby boy who was born with a serious heart defect, steering clear of a complicated legal battle that has become wrapped up in broader national debates over abortion and surro…
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’s wishes to have an abortion.
The case drew national attention when a surrogate from Alaska refused to have an abortion after the fetus she was carrying was diagnosed with a serious heart problem.
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.
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.
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's wishes to have an abortion.
The Supreme Court declined Tuesday to intervene in a multistate custody battle between a California couple and the surrogate who gave birth to their son after refusing a request to terminate the pregnancy.
McKenna West's surrogacy custody fight over a baby with hypoplastic left heart syndrome hit the Supreme Court after she fled to Texas to avoid an abortion.
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to intervene in a custody battle between a surrogate mother and a California couple whom she accuses of wanting her to abort the baby she was carrying.
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. Justice Kagan denies West’s emergency request Justice Elena Kagan on Tuesday denied McKenna West’s emerge…
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene Tuesday in the case surrounding an infant boy born in Texas after his surrogate mother refused to terminate the child’s life at the request of his biological parents.
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