Breaking News | The McKenna West Custody Trial and the Abortion Argument
Aug 27, 2026
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A controversial surrogacy case exposes the far reaches of U.S. abortion warsIn August 2025, McKenna West, a single mother from Alaska, agreed to carry a pregnancy on behalf of a couple from California. A year on, West and the child are in Texas, and the resulting multistate legal dispute has drawn media coverage from across the country. The case exposes the messiness of surrogacy arrangements in the United States and how the nation’s abortion wars are poisoning dialogue about infertility treatment. |
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California couple confront their surrogate in a Texas court as dispute over newborn escalatesA California couple in an escalating fight with their surrogate over a newborn with a life-threatening heart defect told a Texas court Tuesday that the child’s condition has worsened and they are anguished by attempts to deny them parental rights because they previously wanted an abortion. |
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Surrogate, California couple clash in court as newborn fights for life after heart surgeryThe critically ill newborn at the center of a bitter surrogate custody fight was placed back on a breathing tube after his condition worsened following open-heart surgery, according to newly filed court documents. |
