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. McKenna West gave birth in August at a Dallas hospital. West filed her emergency order Wednesday and has the support of Republican officeholders and anti-abortion groups. The baby boy has hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a life-threatening condition that prevents normal blood flow to the organ. West is asking the nation’s highest court to halt a California order that recognizes Omar Ahmed and Nausheen Gilkar as his parents. West wants final custody or conservatorship because she believes the couple will not provide life-saving care.
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