An Alaska-based nurse who agreed to act as a surrogate is reportedly fighting to protect her unborn baby's life after the intended parents asked for the pregnancy to be terminated when the foetus was diagnosed with a heart defect described as treatable. The case highlights the legal and ethical complexities that can arise in surrogacy arrangements when intended parents and surrogates disagree over a pregnancy's outcome, particularly where a medical diagnosis is contested as being manageable rather than life-limiting.

Details of the dispute, including the specific terms of the surrogacy contract and the medical prognosis for the child, were not fully provided in the available article text. The surrogate, named in reports as McKenna West, is understood to be resisting the couple's demand, setting up a potential legal confrontation over reproductive rights and contractual obligations in surrogacy law.