California couple confront their surrogate in a Texas court as dispute over newborn escalates
The attorney for the couple’s surrogate McKenna West said in court she should be the mother of the newborn. The biological parents have a restraining order against West.
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Coverage at a glance
- First observed by CurrentWire: ABC News · Aug 25, 2026 at 7:33 PM ET
- Coverage span: 15h 24m
- Coverage: 2 reports from 2 independent publications
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The Texas TribuneTier B
California couple confront their surrogate in a Texas court as dispute over newborn escalates(opens original report in a new tab)ABC NewsTier B
California couple and their surrogate testify in Texas court as dispute over newborn escalates(opens original report in a new tab)A California couple in an escalating fight with their surrogate over a newborn with a life-threatening heart defect have testified in a Texas court — ABC News
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Signal breakdown
CurrentWire ranked this story 72.8 of 100 in the snapshot this page was rendered from.
- Freshness
- 27.9 of 35
- Source authority
- 14 of 20
- Coverage breadth
- 8.5 of 20
- Geographic relevance
- 10 of 10
- Story prominence
- 10 of 10
- Velocity
- 2.5 of 5
Strongest signal: geographic relevance, 10 of 10. How each signal is calculated.
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