美国最高法院拒绝介入代孕监护权纠纷案

美国最高法院拒绝介入一起涉及代孕新生儿的监护权纠纷案件2。该案件的焦点是一名患有左心发育不全症的男婴，这是一种严重的先天性心脏缺陷2。大法官卡根驳回了代孕母亲的上诉申请4，维持了婴儿获准从德州转移至加州接受治疗的决定2。

这起纠纷源于加州夫妇欧玛·艾哈迈德和瑙申·吉尔卡与阿拉斯加代孕母亲麦肯娜·韦斯特之间的合同争议2。根据他们去年8月签署的协议，合同包含在胎儿异常情况下可终止妊娠的条款2。在婴儿被诊断出患有心脏病后，这对夫妇要求代孕母亲终止妊娠遭拒2。韦斯特随后前往德州生下了这名患有重症心脏病的男婴2，并随之要求获得监护权和医疗决策权，声称亲生父母因曾寻求流产而不会提供必要的医疗护理2。

德州最高法院的裁定指出，"维持医疗脆弱儿童生命是当前最紧要的关切"2。最高法院的决定维持了这对加州夫妇对患病新生儿的监护权3。

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to intervene in a custody battle between a California couple and an Alaska surrogate mother over a newborn with a severe heart defect.2 Justice Kagan rejected an emergency appeal filed by the surrogate mother, McKenna West, who sought custody and medical decision-making authority for the infant.4

The case centers on a surrogacy agreement signed in August that included a clause permitting termination if fetal abnormalities were detected.2 After the fetus was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, the intended parents—Omar Ahmed and Nausheen Gilkar of California—requested that West terminate the pregnancy, but she refused.2 West subsequently traveled to Texas to deliver the male infant.2 The infant has been permitted to transfer from Texas to a Los Angeles hospital for treatment.2

West argued that the intended parents, having previously sought an abortion, would not provide necessary medical care and therefore should not retain custody.2 However, the Texas Supreme Court determined that "preserving the life of a medically fragile child is the paramount concern at this time," supporting the transfer for treatment.2 With the Supreme Court's refusal to hear West's emergency request, the custody arrangement favoring Ahmed and Gilkar has been upheld.2