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Maine news, sports, politics, election results, and obituaries WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to intervene in a custody dispute over a 5-week-old child who was born in Texas after a surrogate refused a California couple’s wishes to have an abortion. Justice Elena Kagan denied the request from McKenna West , who was seeking conservatorship over a baby boy she gave birth to in Dallas. The brief order did not detail the legal reasoning, as is typical in emergency appeals.
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The legal battle over surrogacy and abortion has attracted the attention and support of Republican officeholders and anti-abortion groups.
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