The Latest Breaking News from McKenna West

When abortion and surrogacy law collide, contracts can’t answer the hardest questions

Surrogacy arrangements – agreements for someone to carry a pregnancy for the intended parents – have existed for millennia, and modern surrogacy contracts for half a century.

The Conversation · Oct 9

‘I wanted to help another family’: four surrogates on how they feel about the surrogacy discourse

The Guardian spoke with surrogates across the US about what they think of the controversy surrounding the practice

The Guardian - US · Sep 27

Kagan's One-Line Denial Leaves Genetic Parents in Charge of Newborn's Heart Care as Surrogate's Emergency Bid Fails

Justice Kagan denied a surrogate's emergency bid in a custody fight over a newborn with a heart defect. What changes and what remains open.

Medical Daily · Sep 25

Surrogate Mother McKenna West Sues Biological Parents for Breach of Contract Over Compensation

McKenna West is reportedly suing the baby's biological parents over stopped surrogacy payments as courts address the infant's urgent treatment, parentage and disputed care decisions.

International Business Times UK · Sep 21

Baby born via surrogate can leave Texas for treatment in California, court rules

Ruling latest step in legal fight over medically fragile child born after surrogate reportedly rejected couple’s request for abortion

The Guardian - US · Sep 19

Texas Supreme Court rules baby delivered by surrogate can leave Texas

The decision clears the way for the 1-month-old’s biological parents to relocate him from Dallas to Los Angeles, where the couple lives, to seek treatment there. Their surrogate wants him in Texas.

The Texas Tribune · Sep 18

Texas Judge Dismisses Alaska Surrogate from Custody Case Over Newborn with Heart Defect as Supreme Court Weighs Stay

A Dallas judge dismissed surrogate McKenna West from a custody case over an infant with a severe heart defect. She has asked the US Supreme Court for a stay.

Medical Daily · Sep 14

Surrogate Who Refused To End The Pregnancy Slammed By Child’s Biological Parents Over Supreme Court Bid

A surrogate’s refusal to terminate a pregnancy has sparked a legal battle over parental rights and medical decisions as the newborn remains critically ill.

Bored Panda · Sep 12

Texas judge: Alaskan surrogate does not have custody over child she birthed in Dallas

McKenna West has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, saying she does not trust that the biological parents have the child's best interest at heart.

The Texas Tribune · Sep 11

Surrogate asks the Supreme Court to intervene over care for a sick baby

A California couple’s surrogate who refused their wishes to have an abortion is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a custody dispute over the 4-week-old child who was born with a serious heart defect

The Independent UK · Sep 10