A surrogate carrying a child for a couple has filed an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court, seeking to overturn a California ruling that established the biological parents' legal rights. The case has gained national attention after the surrogate traveled to Texas for an abortion following the parents' reported request that she terminate the pregnancy. Justice Elena Kagan has now declined to intervene, leaving the lower court’s decision in place for now. Legal experts are watching closely as the dispute raises complex questions about parental rights, surrogacy contracts, and reproductive autonomy.
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan declined a surrogate’s emergency bid on Tuesday to intervene in her custody fight that drew national attention after the biological parents’ told her to get an abortion and she left for Texas instead. McKenna West, the surrogate, sought to lift a parentage judgment in favor of the couple issued in a California...
