2026-09-22T20:37:39.823Z / 路透社
作者：约翰·克鲁泽尔
2026年9月22日 美国东部时间下午8:37 更新，距发布已过去3小时
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- 摘要
- 代孕母亲拒绝了夫妇二人终止妊娠的请求
- 加州法院宣布该夫妇为男婴的合法父母
- 代孕母亲寻求参与男婴的医疗决策
华盛顿9月22日（路透社）——美国最高法院周二拒绝叫停一项司法裁决，该裁决宣布一对加州夫妇是一名男婴的合法父母，这名男婴由他们雇佣的代孕母亲所生。该代孕母亲在胎儿被诊断出严重心脏缺陷后，拒绝了夫妇二人终止妊娠的请求，之后还寻求参与影响这名男婴的医疗决策。
最高法院驳回了麦肯纳·韦斯特的相关请求，她是瑙沙恩·吉尔卡尔和奥马尔·艾哈迈德雇佣的代孕母亲，她试图在向最高法院提起上诉期间，阻止加州法院的这项裁决。
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这项命令由大法官埃琳娜·卡根单方面签发，她负责处理来自加州及该地区其他州的紧急案件。卡根未给出任何理由。
韦斯特拒绝了夫妇二人在确诊心脏问题后终止妊娠的请求，并于8月12日在达拉斯产下这名男婴。
这对夫妇起诉韦斯特违反代孕协议，包括她拒绝终止妊娠。韦斯特对加州法院宣布该夫妇为孩子合法父母的管辖权提出质疑。她此前曾寻求获得这名男婴的抚养权，并试图参与其医疗决策。
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这对夫妇的律师表示，截至上周五，这名男婴仍在德克萨斯州的一家医院接受治疗。
这对夫妇在上周五提交给最高法院的文件中辩称，他们承诺提供韦斯特所说的她希望为男婴提供的同等救命护理。
纠纷发生后，加州一家初审法院在6月裁定吉尔卡尔和艾哈迈德为合法父母，驳回了韦斯特关于该法院对她没有管辖权的主张，州上诉法院也拒绝暂停这项裁决。这促使韦斯特向最高法院提出申请。
在一份提交的文件中，韦斯特的律师辩称，需要最高法院介入，因为加州的司法裁决正在德克萨斯州得到执行，这使得她在涉及男婴医疗护理的决策中没有任何话语权。
韦斯特的代理律师来自保守派法律倡导组织“捍卫自由联盟”。该组织曾参与反堕胎诉讼，包括2022年最高法院推翻1973年罗伊诉韦德案（该案曾将堕胎在全美合法化）的“多布斯诉杰克逊妇女健康组织案”。
共和党籍德克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿目前正在竞选美国参议院席位，他曾在该案的早期阶段支持韦斯特。
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US Supreme Court denies surrogate’s bid to block California parentage ruling
2026-09-22T20:37:39.823Z / Reuters
By John Kruzel
September 22, 2026 8:37 PM UTC Updated 3 hours ago
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- Summary
- Surrogate refused couple’s request to terminate pregnancy
- California court declared couple the boy’s legal parents
- Surrogate sought role in decisions on boy’s medical care
WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) – The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to halt a judicial ruling declaring a California couple the legal parents of an infant born to their surrogate who refused their request to terminate the pregnancy after the fetus was diagnosed with a severe cardiac defect and later sought a role in decisions affecting the boy’s medical care.
The court denied a request by McKenna West, the woman hired by Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed to serve as a surrogate, to block the ruling by a California court while she appeals the matter to the Supreme Court.
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The order was issued unilaterally by Justice Elena Kagan, who handles emergency cases arising from California and other states in the region. Kagan provided no rationale.
West refused the couple’s request to terminate the pregnancy after the cardiac diagnosis and gave birth to the baby on August 12 in Dallas.
The couple sued West for breach of their surrogacy agreement, including her refusal to terminate the pregnancy. West challenged the state of California’s authority to declare the couple the child’s legal parents. She previously sought custody of the boy and has pursued a role in decisions about his medical care.
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The baby, as of last Friday, had remained in a Texas hospital, where he is receiving treatment, the couple’s lawyer said.
The couple in Supreme Court papers last Friday argued that they are committed to the same lifesaving care that West has said she wants for the boy.
After the dispute arose, a California trial court in June ruled that Gilkar and Ahmed were the legal parents, rejecting West’s contention that the court lacked jurisdiction over her, and state appellate courts declined to stay that decision. This prompted West’s request to the Supreme Court.
In a filing, West’s lawyers argued that the Supreme Court’s intervention was needed because the California judicial ruling was being enforced in Texas, leaving her without authority over the child amid decisions about his medical care.
West is represented by lawyers from the conservative legal advocacy group Alliance Defending Freedom. The group has been involved in anti-abortion litigation including the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case in which the Supreme Court in 2022 overturned its 1973 Roe v. Wade landmark that had legalized abortion nationwide.
Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is running for a US Senate seat, backed West at an earlier stage of the case.
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Reporting by John Kruzel
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