Surrogate who refused abortion over heart defect takes custody battle to US Supreme Court

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Surrogate who refused abortion over heart defect takes custody battle to US Supreme Court

She fled to Texas where abortions are illegal and now wants custody of the four-week-old baby.

www.bbc.com

A surrogate who refused an abortion request from the parents who hired her to have their baby has asked the US Supreme Court to intervene in the dispute over who should have custody of the baby.

McKenna West filed an emergency appeal asking the court to halt a previous ruling granting parental rights to California couple Omar Ahmed and Nausheen Gilkar.

Ahmed and Gilkar had asked West to abort the pregnancy after a scan at 20 weeks showed the foetus had a severe heart defect.

Instead, West - who has been supported by several Republican officials - travelled to Texas where nearly all abortions are illegal and gave birth to the child.

 

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Ahmed and Gilkar had asked West to abort the pregnancy after a scan at 20 weeks showed the foetus had a severe heart defect.

I'm pro choice but this does not compute. They asked her to abort which imho they have no say over as it's her body her choice, and now they're disputing custody?

 

[RedViking]

The challenges when your body is a business.

 

[rietrot]

Straight forward. The moment the people who hired her asked for an abortion they lost all rights to the baby.

You can't demand something be killed and thrown in the trash and then want to retain ownership.

Turns out they lied about how severe the heart defect is, if the baby is fine.

 

[zairek]

What a pathetic couple. Proves nature never intended for us all to be parents. Pray the kid recovers fully and never knows his hopeless biological parents