California couple confront their surrogate in a Texas court as dispute over newborn escalates

A California couple in an escalating fight with their surrogate over a newborn with a life-threatening heart defect told a Texas court Tuesday that the child’s condition has worsened and they are anguished by attempts to deny them parental rights because they previously wanted an abortion.

Surrogacy is not regulated on a federal level, which can leave room for gaps in interpretation

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.

California couple confront their surrogate in a Texas court as dispute over newborn escalates  CNN

California couple confront their surrogate in a Texas court as dispute over newborn escalates  Toronto Star

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

California couple confront their surrogate in a Texas court as dispute over newborn escalates  AP News

Nausheen Gilkar told a Dallas court her newborn is suffering after open-heart surgery as the surrogate custody fight with McKenna West intensifies.

Surrogate mother McKenna West ‘s baby is in critical condition after undergoing complex heart surgery, the infant’s biological parents claimed.