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Politics● LowSep 22 · Sep 22, 2026, 10:50 PM

Kagan steers Supreme Court clear of high-profile surrogacy fight

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Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan declined a surrogate’s emergency bid on Tuesday to intervene in her custody fight that drew national attention after the biological parents’ told her to get an abortion and she left for Texas instead.  McKenna West, the surrogate, sought to lift a parentage judgment in favor of the couple issued in a California…

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