Texas orders treatment in ‘baby Gabriel’ surrogacy case after Paxton intervention

A Texas court ruled a surrogate from Alaska must receive medical care after the baby’s intended parents demanded an abortion due to health defects. The court issued a temporary restraining order for McKenna West, the surrogate, that stated that she could not refuse medical care in Dallas and could not remove the child

Surrogate McKenna West declined to get an abortion requested by the intended parents after the baby she was carrying was diagnosed with a severe but treatable heart defect.

Texas AG Ken Paxton said the child ‘deserves a chance at life’

An Alaskan surrogate has traveled to Texas for legal protection after a California couple has refused treatment for a severe heart condition.