The fight continues for surrogate mother who fled to Texas: Why this story is more complicated than it seems
A surrogacy dispute involving McKenna West and a baby diagnosed with a severe heart defect has drawn national attention after West refused an abortion and traveled to Texas, where the child was born and received lifesaving surgery. Competing lawsuits and conflicting accounts have since made it difficult to determine exactly what happened and whose interests were driving each decision. Beneath the legal and political controversy are real people whose lives cannot be reduced to talking points. And amid all the uncertainty, one important truth remains: a child who might not have survived is…
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