A surrogate rejected a request from the biological parents to end her pregnancy after they discovered the baby had a severe heart condition. Baby Rumi underwent the first of three surgeries after being born. Now, the surrogate says the biological parents are suing her.
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I’m the surrogate mother trying to save a baby’s life — but the biological parents wanted an abortion
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Surrogate mother sued by biological parents after refusing abortion
The couple who hired McKenna West as a surrogate and allegedly demanded that she have an abortion after the baby was diagnosed with a rare heart condition are now the child's legal custodians, according to reports, though the surrogate is continuing to fight for access to the baby.
A California couple is suing their surrogate for breaching contract after she refused to abort a baby diagnosed with a heart defect and moved to Texas for life-saving care.
Surrogate mother McKenna West was horrified when the parents of the baby she was carrying ordered her to abort the child over a serious — but treatable — birth defect.
A California couple who’d recruited a surrogate to give birth to their son has filed suit against the surrogate over her “outrageous conduct.” As previously reported, California […]
The biological parents at the center of a surrogacy conflict are suing the woman who carried and gave birth to the child. The surrogate mother, McKenna West has been accused of violating their contract when she refused to abort the child after he was diagnosed with a treatable heart condition.
A legal battle continues over an infant boy born in Texas after his surrogate mother refused to terminate the baby at the biological parents’ request. The child’s biological parents, Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed or Los Angeles, alleged the infant’s surrogate mother, McKenna West, breached their su…
A surrogate rejected a request from the biological parents to end her pregnancy after they discovered the baby had a severe heart condition. Baby Rumi underwent the first of three surgeries after being born. Now, the surrogate says the biological parents are suing her.
A California couple is suing the single mother they hired as a pregnancy surrogate for more than $100,000, after she claimed that they demanded she get an abortion when the baby was diagnosed with a rare heart condition.
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