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Source: theguardian.com

<p>Ruling latest step in legal fight over medically fragile child born after surrogate rejected couple’s request for abortion</p><p>The Texas supreme court has decided that the month-old infant that surrogate McKenna West gave birth to can be relocated to Los Angeles, a Thursday ruling that came weeks after a California court had recognized the biological parents’ custody rights.</p><p>“Sustaining the life of the medically fragile child is the paramount concern in this time-sensitive matter,” the court <a href="https://www.txcourts.gov/supreme/orders-opinions/2026/september/september-17-2026/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">wrote</a> in a Thursday order, referring to the baby’s rare severe heart defect. West had attempted to block the biological parents from removing the child from Texas and taking him to a hospital in Los Angeles where the couple live.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/19/texas-california-surrogate-court" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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