California Couple Confront Their Surrogate in a Texas Court as Dispute over Newborn Escalates
- The newborn, known as Gabriel to surrogate McKenna West and Rumi to his biological parents, is in critical condition following a complex Norwood heart procedure. Gilkar and Ahmed reported "serious medical developments" requiring doctors to reintubate the infant.
- After West refused to terminate the pregnancy upon the baby's prenatal diagnosis of hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a legal battle erupted. Gilkar and Ahmed claim the surrogacy agreement included an abortion clause that West disputes.
- Hypoplastic left heart syndrome occurs in about 925 babies each year in the U.S., requiring multiple surgeries to redirect blood flow. The Norwood procedure is generally the first of these surgeries, performed shortly after birth.
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton previously intervened to secure medical care, and a Dallas County judge issued an emergency order preventing the baby's removal from Texas. Gilkar and Ahmed now seek to delay a scheduled hearing due to the child's critical condition.
- State law requires voluntary and informed consent for abortions, and statutes do not permit intended parents to force a surrogate to terminate a pregnancy. Experts note courts have rarely enforced financial penalties when surrogates refuse to terminate.
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wbap.comDallas Judge Extends Order Barring Alaska Surrogate From Critically Ill Newborn
A Dallas judge has extended a temporary restraining order preventing an Alaska surrogate from seeing or making medical decisions for a critically ill newborn as a legal battle over the child’s parentage continues. Dallas County District Judge Ashley Wysocki heard testimony on Tuesday from surrogate McKenna West and the baby’s genetic mother, Nausheen Gilkar. The judge extended the order for another 14 days while she considers who should have par…
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Seth Gruber, the Christian Nationalist host of The Seth Gruber Show, spoke in his August 25 broadcast about a news story involving “California sodomites who bought a baby through surrogacy” but then allegedly told the birth mother to “kill it” (per their surrogacy agreement) after the unborn fetus was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a severe heart condition that often requires surgeries, a heart transplant, and lifelong medicatio…
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Houston Public MediaWhat we learned at Tuesday’s tense, tearful Dallas hearing over Alaska-California surrogacy battle
Dallas judge Ashley Wysocki on Tuesday extended an order preventing McKenna West from seeing or making medical decisions for a newborn she gave birth to on behalf of his genetic parents, a California couple.
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