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US supreme court declines to intervene in custody fight over baby born via surrogate
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PUBLISHEDSep 22, 2026, 10:38 PM
What the source reports
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…
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