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

By Uwa Ede-Osifo · The Guardian World

Ruling latest step in legal fight over medically fragile child born after surrogate rejected couple’s request for abortion 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. “Sustaining the life of the medically fragile child is the paramount concern in this time-sensitive matter,” the court wrote 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. Continue reading...