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US Supreme Court denies surrogate's bid to block California parentage ruling
The justices left intact a ruling that gave Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed legal parent status after a surrogate refused a termination request over a fetal heart defect.
- 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 custody case involving newborn with heart condition
The Supreme Court declined to get involved in the case of a surrogate enmeshed in a multistate custody battle with California parents who at one point asked her to abort the fetus because of a heart defect.
·New York, United States
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US Supreme Court denies surrogate's bid to block California parentage ruling
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to halt a judicial ruling declaring a California couple the legal parents of an infant born to their surrogate who refused their request to terminate the pregnancy after the fetus was diagnosed with a severe cardiac defect and later sought a role in decisions affecting the boy's medical care.
·London, United Kingdom
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