{"id":144407,"date":"2026-08-20T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T08:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/20\/the-legal-battle-between-a-california-couple-their-surrogate-and-the-texas-ag-explained-cnn\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T08:00:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T08:00:29","slug":"the-legal-battle-between-a-california-couple-their-surrogate-and-the-texas-ag-explained-cnn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/20\/the-legal-battle-between-a-california-couple-their-surrogate-and-the-texas-ag-explained-cnn\/","title":{"rendered":"The legal battle between a California couple, their surrogate and the Texas AG, explained &#8211; CNN"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTE1VNHkwREFCU0tVWE16a0VNNlhsOVpEOGN5TmxNb2ZzalhJR2RJWWlGc3p5bUJIZjVseUpoMFFWTEtPNW84Nks2WFZEaVI3Rk1uOG5pWkVIT1hrdmhhNVY0dGQ1dVllWDd4Vi1iRDlUWTN4ZFhLMm9oU3NwSQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">The legal battle between a California couple, their surrogate and the Texas AG, explained<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Parents seek six figures from surrogate who refused abortion after baby\u2019s heart diagnosis: report<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Fox News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifEFVX3lxTE84bTBUWGxrX1cyblVHVUZtcV9JRmdhSkFKOWIzLXZ2eTkya1lXTGFGSEhMNTc1WFNDVkxTWVBlYVg3YktRYnNkaFBpRV9xbHF6R0trUmpQc1N3UlQ3Y0M3RVNWdXhOMmlRdFdFaUJ1QUxRdzBRbVRhX0g4RnY?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Baby with heart defect at center of surrogate dispute receives first surgery, parents&#8217; lawyer says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CBS News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxOQmdaX05IUW54YmhxVlFHX2NYU3hrb0FQSE51ZW8yMkRuMV85LXR5ZVVmclJvNnBmWVVuV05kZ0ZWbWN4SktSNjN1ekZWZDk2bGl1NW0yRWpENHVjYko4bVc0VFZJV2llelF3M3VBSDI3dElGUEkyYWNFZ1VrbkJmcFF6QjFNTHFsR1BBMC0yeGJNT21pdkY1enFlMGl4STBZSG1qdmtOX2s1b3M?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Paxton pulls out of controversial multistate surrogacy case, restrictions remain<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">KERA News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxOTlFvNTcwZHBtT2gyTVRXTVlmaDYwTElyZEVjWEUyR3VsSDBZZGdUX0NFX1I4Ukt0OWF2dlZiMmdTTDFkQjZ6eW16b092YTN6a0lSYXM2WURYRUwtSl9PdG8xV18ybzNEdGdsRnQ3Ty02VldUbDhnelZsTlQxSFpYaDFuOW45X19OOF9mU1g1dS0zQlN3NGFHLWx3bTA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">A surrogate\u2019s fight for parental rights in Dallas could discourage surrogacy use in Texas, lawyers say<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Texas Tribune<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The legal battle between a California couple, their surrogate and the Texas AG, explained&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN Parents seek six figures from surrogate who refused abortion after baby\u2019s&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/08\/20\/the-legal-battle-between-a-california-couple-their-surrogate-and-the-texas-ag-explained-cnn\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144407\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}