Surrogate who refused abortion takes fight to Supreme Court as baby's life hangs in balance

A surrogate who defied a California couple’s demand to abort their baby after a devastating heart diagnosis is taking her fight to the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing a lower court ruling has left her powerless to advocate for the medically fragile newborn.

Attorneys for Alaska cardiac nurse McKenna West filed an emergency application Wednesday, asking Justice Elena Kagan to temporarily block a Los Angeles court ruling that declared the California couple the baby’s legal parents.

Kagan...