US Supreme Court denies surrogate's bid to block California parentage ruling
The ruling leaves the California couple in control of the infant’s care after doctors found a life-threatening heart defect and the baby underwent surgery.
- The Supreme Court denied McKenna West's request to block a California ruling on Tuesday, leaving intact the decision declaring Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed the legal parents of the infant she carried.
- After West refused the couple's request to terminate the pregnancy following a cardiac diagnosis in April, a California trial court ruled in June that Gilkar and Ahmed were the child's legal parents despite her objections.
- Justice Elena Kagan issued the order unilaterally without written explanation, while the baby remains in a Dallas hospital receiving treatment and West challenged California's authority to declare the couple the child's legal parents.
- West is represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative legal group involved in the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case that overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade landmark decision legalizing abortion.
- Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton previously backed West at an earlier case stage, though the couple argued in Supreme Court papers that they remain committed to lifesaving care for the boy.
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Supreme Court declines to intervene in surrogate baby custody battle
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. Justice Elena Kagan denied an emergency request from McKenna West, an Alaska nurse who sought to block a California court order recognizing […]
SCOTUS won't intervene in custody dispute between California couple, surrogate
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SCOTUS Won't Intervene in Surrogate's Custody Fight
The Supreme Court is standing out of a wintering fight between a surrogate mother and the California couple whose baby she carried. Justice Elena Kagan on Tuesday Declined, without comment, to pause lower-court ridings that gave custody of the infant to his genetic parents, Omar Ahmed and Nausheen Gilkar, NBC...
U.S. Supreme Court won’t intervene in Alaska surrogate’s custody battle over Texas-born child
The decision comes days after the Texas Supreme Court ruled the child's genetic parents can transport him to California, where they live, to get further medical care for a serious heart condition.
Supreme Court stays mum after sinking bid by surrogate who defied abortion request
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to intervene in a bitter custody battle involving a surrogate who fled to Texas after the baby’s genetic parents asked her to terminate the pregnancy.Justice Elena Kagan rejected surrogate McKenna West’s request to block a California ruling that awarded custody to Omar Ahmed and Nausheen Gilkar, NBC News reported. Kagan issued no written explanation for denying the emergency request.West gave birth in Texas l…
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