Baby at center of surrogacy rights case is born in Dallas
The judge also barred the surrogate from making medical decisions as the newborn receives care for a serious heart defect.
- The infant at the center of an interstate surrogacy dispute was born in Dallas to Alaska surrogate McKenna West and California biological parents Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed.
- Diagnosed with "rare and complex" hypoplastic left heart syndrome at 20 weeks, the baby became the subject of this dispute after West alleged Gilkar and Ahmed pressured her to terminate the pregnancy, which they deny.
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton intervened Tuesday, alleging the parents refused to consent to surgery; a Dallas judge subsequently ordered the infant must remain in Texas and receive life-saving treatment.
- Attorney Lee Budner, representing Gilkar and Ahmed, stated their focus is on the baby's health as the child receives care, while West's lawyer, Lincoln Wilson, says West does not have access to the newborn.
- While West argues Texas family law recognizes the birth mother as the legal parent, a California court previously established Gilkar and Ahmed as the rightful parents, with a hearing scheduled for August 25.
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