What is hypoplastic left heart syndrome? Birth defect at center of McKenna West surrogacy battle

Surrogate McKenna West was about 20 weeks pregnant when the baby she was carrying, Gabriel, was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome.

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A disagreement between the self proclaimed pro-life surrogate and the baby's legal parents over an abortion resulted in the birth of a baby with a potentially fatal 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

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

The baby at the center of a surrogacy dispute was born in Texas Wednesday and has hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a rare heart defect.

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.

The condition, while treatable, is not curable and requires three heart surgeries before the child reaches the age of 3.

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