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Kagan steers Supreme Court clear of high-profile surrogacy fight

Kagan steers Supreme Court clear of high-profile surrogacy fight

Summary

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan refused to intervene in an emergency case involving a surrogate mother who is fighting for custody of a child. The surrogate, McKenna West, requested the court to change a California judgment that granted parentage to the biological parents after a dispute about the pregnancy.

Key Facts

  • The case involves a surrogate mother named McKenna West.
  • West asked the Supreme Court for emergency help in her custody fight.
  • The biological parents told the surrogate to have an abortion.
  • Instead, West left for Texas and kept the pregnancy.
  • A California court gave parentage rights to the biological parents.
  • West wants to overturn that parentage decision.
  • Justice Elena Kagan decided not to take up the case.
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