Supreme Court Declines Surrogate Custody Appeal
🐿️ The Squirrel's Take
A surrogate who defied an abortion request just learned the highest court won't rescue her from the legal consequences of that moral stand.
💡 Why it matters
This sets a precedent that surrogacy agreements hold even when a child has severe medical needs and the surrogate disagrees with the intended parents' choices.
The US Supreme Court refused to intervene in a custody dispute between Alaska surrogate McKenna West and California couple Omar Ahmed and Nausheen Gilkar over a baby born with a serious heart defect. Justice Elena Kagan denied West's emergency request to halt a California court.
📡 Where we spotted it (2)
BBC News
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