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SCOTUS declines to get involved in that surrogacy case

Posted on September 25, 2026 by Charles Kuffner

This is finally over. Justice Elena Kagan on Tuesday refused to intervene in a high-profile custody battle that involved difficult questions surrounding surrogacy and abortion, leaving in place a lower-court order that gave custody to the biological parents in the … Continue reading →

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SCOTx allows parents of the surrogacy baby to take him home

Posted on September 20, 2026 by Charles Kuffner

I really hope this is the end. The Texas Supreme Court has rejected a surrogate’s attempt to keep the child she delivered in Texas, clearing the way for the biological parents to take the medically fragile infant to California. On … Continue reading →

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Surrogate denied custody, appeals to SCOTUS

Posted on September 12, 2026 by Charles Kuffner

A correct ruling, in my opinion. A Texas judge has ruled against an Alaskan surrogate in her bid to obtain custody over a medically fragile baby she birthed in Dallas. According to a Wednesday filing, attorneys for the surrogate McKenna … Continue reading →

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Surrogacy case update

Posted on August 29, 2026 by Charles Kuffner

Now we wait. A battle over surrogacy and abortion that drew national attention to the birth of a baby in Texas this month became a wrenching courtroom drama in Dallas on Tuesday. Both the biological mother and the surrogate told … Continue reading →

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The stakes of the surrogacy fight

Posted on August 21, 2026 by Charles Kuffner

This could get so much uglier. An Alaskan surrogate who sued to obtain medical care for a baby she carried is still requesting that a Dallas court give her custody. Rumi, who is a week old, has undergone heart surgery … Continue reading →

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The surrogate situation

Posted on August 14, 2026 by Charles Kuffner

Good Lord. The baby boy at the center of an out-of-state surrogacy battle that is pitting the Texas attorney general against the California biological parents was born in Dallas on Wednesday, lawyers for the birth parents and the surrogate confirmed. … Continue reading →

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Equality is about more than marriage

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Charles Kuffner

It’s about families, and lots of other things, too. Joe Riggs and Jason Hanna never expected to make national news after a surrogate mom gave birth to their twins. Riggs, 33, and Hanna, 37, have been together almost four years. … Continue reading →

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