Kagan Denies Emergency Bid in Surrogate Custody Dispute Over Baby’s Medical Care

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Justice Elena Kagan declined an emergency appeal to pause a California order that granted the biological parents parental rights and control over a surrogate-born child’s medical care in a cross‑state dispute over abortion and the child’s serious heart defect, leaving lower court rulings in place and the parents’ authority intact.
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- Supreme Court declines to intervene in custody case involving newborn with heart condition NBC News
- US supreme court declines to intervene in custody fight over baby born via surrogate theguardian.com
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