{"id":2140593,"date":"2026-09-11T19:05:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T16:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2140593"},"modified":"2026-09-11T19:05:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T16:05:54","slug":"surrogate-mckenna-wests-supreme-court-bid-slammed-by-childs-biological-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2140593","title":{"rendered":"Surrogate McKenna West&#8217;s Supreme Court Bid Slammed by Child&#8217;s Biological Parents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/1e\/16by9\/2026\/09\/11\/1e87bb3df088428fb1aa9863a8dbfbfd_xl.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">Surrogate McKenna West&#8217;s Supreme Court Bid Slammed by Child&#8217;s Biological Parents<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">McKenna West<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">SCOTUS Bid Ripped by Kid&#8217;s Bio Parents<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"media-swipe\">Exclusive<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"google-preferred-btn js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-icon.svg\" alt=\"Google\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"google-preferred-btn__title\">Add TMZ on Google<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-09-11T12:05:54-07:00\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/sitemaps\/article\/202609\"><br \/>\n                September 11, 2026<br \/>\n                <\/a><br \/>\n                            12:05 PM PDT<\/time><span class=\"divider\">|<\/span><br \/>\n                                                                Updated <time class=\"updated-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-09-11T12:59:42-07:00\"><br \/>\n                                  September 11, 2026<br \/>\n                                12:59 PM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-cfddc3534c2c8e21e34fb3edbeec6e78\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260911_1e87bb3df088428fb1aa9863a8dbfbfd\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:1f4c155b-c743-484b-818e-87e79cdc2ad9\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/1e\/4by3\/2026\/09\/11\/1e87bb3df088428fb1aa9863a8dbfbfd_md.jpg\" alt=\"mckenna west and the biological parents Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed ap comp\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">AP Composite<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-098bd5b9449305a2c6b73d3c78819f1e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/mc-kenna-west\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>McKenna West<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s last-ditch bid to try taking her wild surrogacy case before the Supreme Court is being slammed by the biological parents of the critically ill baby she carried.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-9acc460b183a8c7ca62a4febb0c3bc98\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/nausheen-gilkar\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Nausheen Gilkar<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/omar-ahmed\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Omar Ahmed<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s lawyer, <strong>Lee Budner<\/strong>, described the surrogate&#8217;s latest legal attempt as containing &#8220;defamatory lies about Rumi&#8217;s parents and his medical care, and mischaracterizations of the law.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-157b990e4424d733cf6d42c9c0f7b548\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260825_848383203a044c2eaf8aa9a4c3af10ba\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:1f4c155b-c743-484b-818e-87e79cdc2ad9\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/84\/4by3\/2026\/08\/25\/848383203a044c2eaf8aa9a4c3af10ba_md.jpg\" alt=\"McKenna West ap 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">AP<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-57a71cae547e65abb9c22d4413453d80\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The California couple&#8217;s attorney pointed out court rulings in Alaska, California and Texas have already gone in their favor &#8230; saying, &#8220;This means that every Court to consider McKenna West&#8217;s claims has ruled that Rumi&#8217;s parents are Omar and Nausheen.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-0a1ad63364a3c23206b133f6ed66b4cf\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Budner added &#8230; &#8220;Omar and Nausheen spend every day at Rumi&#8217;s side in the neonatal cardiac intensive care unit, where he remains in critical condition. They are singularly focused, as they always have been, on caring for their baby through his devastating condition, following the advice and recommendations of his team of medical experts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-9d9939d17ef61561255625773081d3a6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260825_13ec6e07e2734dd6803405621c41109b\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:1f4c155b-c743-484b-818e-87e79cdc2ad9\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/13\/4by3\/2026\/08\/25\/13ec6e07e2734dd6803405621c41109b_md.jpg\" alt=\"Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed ap 3\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">AP<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-a96c08b846b00da012ba906309a19c42\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>As we reported &#8230; McKenna <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/09\/10\/mckenna-west-surrogacy-battle-supreme-court\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>is asking the Supreme Court<\/strong><\/a> to intervene on her behalf in order to have a say in the newborn&#8217;s medical care.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-c697cbd4b2b60934d6f78309911fb96b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>This whole saga started after doctors discovered the baby had hypoplastic left heart syndrome during a 20-week scan. Nausheen and Omar wanted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/08\/13\/surrogate-who-wouldnt-get-abortion-gives-birth\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>pregnancy terminated<\/strong><\/a> under their surrogacy agreement &#8230; but McKenna ultimately refused and traveled from Alaska to Texas to give birth.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-58d2d0d449ac358a911f12cc58dcae77\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The child needed emergency heart surgery within days &#8230; and is still recovering.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<ul class=\"social social--permalink\">\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><a class=\"btn social__btn social__btn--facebook js-track-link\" 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