Texas surrogacy case escalates after baby born with severe heart defect

The surrogacy dispute escalated significantly when McKenna West delivered a newborn with a critical heart condition. This infant is currently under the care of intended parents Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed. Meanwhile, West is fighting against the custody agreements and claims over parental rights in Texas, where the

Surrogate who fled to Texas gives birth to baby with heart defect  The Times

Baby Gabriel was born Wednesday after surrogate McKenna West fled to Texas, where Attorney General Ken Paxton secured legal victory for surgery.

A surrogate gave birth to a baby in Texas with a severe health condition despite the biological parents' wish to end the pregnancy. CBS News' Jason Allen reports.

McKenna West initially agreed to an abortion after diagnosis, but then fled to state where abortion is illegal and broke contact with biological parents, attorney alleges A surrogate mother who traveled to Texas, where abortion is illegal, claiming she was pressured to end the pregnancy after the discovery of a severe

The baby, who was born Wednesday with a severe heart defect, drew the attention of anti-abortion activists and the Texas attorney general after the intended parents wanted the surrogate mother to have an abortion.

The biological parents won a temporary restraining order against the surrogate, who tried to claim parental rights, and are with their baby, their attorneys say.

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

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

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