Surrogacy has been sold to the public as a moral good which is synonymous with selflessness towards would-be parents who, for whatever reason, cannot or do not want to physically give birth; however, the McKenna West case has stripped the mask from the actor.
West, a surrogate mother from Alaska, is now being sued by the couple who hired her, after she refused their instruction to abort the child she was carrying when doctors discovered a significant but treatable heart defect.
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