At the intersection of reproductive law, parental rights, and state sovereignty, a surrogate mother has carried a child with a severe heart defect to term against the wishes of the biological parents who hired her, and now asks the United States Supreme Court to decide who holds the authority to shape that child's life. McKenna West, who traveled from California to Texas to avoid an abortion she refused to perform, is challenging a California court's grant of parental rights to Omar Ahmed and Nausheen Gilkar, the couple whose genetic material and legal contract created the arrangement. The cas
Surrogate seeks Supreme Court intervention in custody battle over baby with heart defect
Newborn with hypoplastic left heart syndrome requiring multiple surgeries faces uncertain medical care amid custody dispute; biological parents report child in critical condition with potential complications.