Surrogate Who Refused Abortion Asks SCOTUS for Custody
West says the parents sought an abortion after a fetal heart defect diagnosis and may withhold lifesaving surgery, according to her filing.
- On Wednesday, surrogate McKenna West filed an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court, seeking custody of the 4-week-old child and challenging a California court order recognizing Omar Ahmed and Nausheen Gilkar as parents.
- The boy was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, and West seeks custody, citing the couple's request for an abortion at 23 weeks and her belief they will not provide "life-saving care."
- During an Aug. 25 hearing in Dallas, Nausheen Gilkar called West "mentally unstable" and testified, "Denying lifesaving care is not true," while a Texas court recognized the California judgment granting the couple custody.
- According to the Cleveland Clinic, the infant requires a second surgery between 4 and 6 months of age, while West claims she has been dismissed from Texas proceedings and denied access to medical information.
- The Supreme Court is not obliged to hear the case, and experts note that emergency relief in family disputes is rarely granted, though Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton previously obtained an order ensuring the boy received medical treatment.
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Surrogate Who Fled to Texas Over Abortion Dispute Takes Custody Fight to Supreme Court
Dallas, Texas — A surrogate who traveled to Texas after refusing the intended parents’ request for an abortion has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to temporarily block a California ruling recognizing the couple as the newborn’s legal parents. McKenna West gave birth Aug. 12 to a boy she calls Gabriel. The intended parents, Omar Ahmed and Nausheen Gilkar, call him Rumi. During the pregnancy, doctors diagnosed the fetus with hypoplastic left heart sy…
Surrogate Who Refused Abortion Takes Nasty Custody Battle To Supreme Court
The surrogate mother who refused a California couple’s demand to abort a baby after he was diagnosed with a heart defect is taking her extraordinary custody battle to the U.S. Supreme Court.McKenna West, an Alaska nurse who carried and gave birth to the baby in Texas, filed an emergency application Wednesday asking the Supreme Court to block a California ruling recognizing the biological parents, Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed, as the child’s le…
Surrogate Fights Abortion Demand in Supreme Court Case
A surrogate mother who refused a California couple's demand to abort a baby diagnosed with a serious heart defect has filed an emergency appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court after courts in two states stripped her of any role in the child's care. McKenna West, who lives in Alaska, asked the nation's highest court on […]
Surrogate Who Refused to Abort Baby With Heart Defect Files Emergency Supreme Court Appeal
McKenna West’s emergency appeal seeks to block a ruling that removed her legal and physical claim to the baby, citing concerns that the child's biological parents could halt his life-saving care.
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