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Alaskan surrogate asks U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in Texas custody battle over baby with heart defect

Headline from FOX 4 Dallas

An Alaskan surrogate has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for emergency intervention after a court denied her custody of a newborn with a severe heart defect.

FOX 4 Dallas's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

Reports & sources

38 articles, oldest first.

  1. Fox News

    Surrogate who refused abortion takes fight to Supreme Court as baby's life hangs in balance (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Surrogate McKenna West asks the Supreme Court to block a California ruling that left her unable to advocate for a newborn with a rare heart defect.

  2. Courthouse News Service

    Surrogate who had baby against parents’ wishes pulls Supreme Court into high-profile custody fight (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Courthouse News Service's feed description

    The multistate fight over custody of the newborn set up a clash over abortion, surrogacy and parental rights.

  3. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Surrogate asks the Supreme Court to intervene in the care of a sick baby (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    McKenna West, left, arrives with her legal team for a court hearing in Dallas, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026.

  4. MyNorthwest

    Surrogate asks the Supreme Court to intervene over care for a sick baby (opens MyNorthwest)

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    MyNorthwest's feed description

    A California couple’s surrogate who refused their wishes to have an abortion has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a custody dispute over the 4-week-old child who was born with a serious heart defect.

  5. Independent Journal Review

    Surrogate Seeks Supreme Court Help in Custody Fight (opens Independent Journal Review)

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    Independent Journal Review's feed description

    McKenna West, a surrogate who refused to terminate the pregnancy, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a custody and medical-care dispute over a four-week-old baby with hypoplastic left heart syndrome born in Dallas, challenging California court orders that recognize the intended parents…

  6. CBS News

    Surrogate appeals to Supreme Court in custody dispute over baby with heart defect (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    A California couple's surrogate who refused their wishes to have an abortion has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a custody dispute over the 4-week-old child, who was born in Texas with a serious heart defect.

  7. BBC News

    Surrogate who refused abortion over heart defect takes custody battle to US Supreme Court (opens BBC News)

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    BBC News's feed description

    She fled to Texas where abortions are illegal and now wants custody of the four-week-old baby.

  8. Phl17

    Surrogate who fled to Texas asks Supreme Court to intervene in custody dispute (opens Phl17)

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    Phl17's feed description

    McKenna West fled to texas after the biological parents allegedly requested an abortion due to a fetal abnormality.

  9. MS Now

    Surrogate in custody battle over newborn with heart defect brings case to the Supreme Court (opens MS Now)

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    MS Now's feed description

    The baby was born Aug. 12 in Texas amid a legal battle that has drawn the involvement of anti-abortion groups.

  10. The Hill

    Surrogate who fled to Texas to avoid abortion appeals custody case to Supreme Court (opens The Hill)

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    The Hill's feed description

    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.

  11. The Guardian

    Surrogate mother who fled to Texas appeals custody case to supreme court (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    McKenna West requests emergency block on order naming biological parents as four-week-old baby’s legal parents A woman at the center of a surrogacy fight who fled to Texas after the biological parents requested she have an abortion has asked the US supreme court to intervene so that she can keep the…

  12. FOX 4 Dallas

    Alaskan surrogate asks U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in Texas custody battle over baby with heart defect (opens FOX 4 Dallas)

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    FOX 4 Dallas's feed description

    An Alaskan surrogate has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for emergency intervention after a court denied her custody of a newborn with a severe heart defect.

  13. The Christian Post

    Surrogate mother who refused abortion makes emergency appeal to SCOTUS in custody dispute (opens The Christian Post)

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    The Christian Post's feed description

    A surrogate who says she refused to abort a baby diagnosed with a serious heart condition is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene after a Texas judge ruled against the woman in her custody dispute with the California couple who hired her.

  14. Fox News

    Surrogate who refused abortion asks SCOTUS to intervene as baby could be moved out of Texas (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Surrogate McKenna West asked the Supreme Court for an emergency administrative stay, fearing the newborn could be moved from Texas to California.

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