Texas Baby in Surrogacy Case Undergoes Open Heart Surgery, Attorney Says
The Norwood procedure is the first of three surgeries typically needed for babies born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, doctors said.
- On Monday, Rumi underwent the Norwood procedure, the first of three required heart surgeries to treat hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a rare congenital heart defect diagnosed before birth.
- The birth follows a tense multi-state legal dispute between parents Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed and their surrogate, McKenna West, over medical decisions and custody rights spanning California and Alaska.
- About 925 babies in the U.S. are born annually with HLHS, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; the second surgery typically occurs at 4 to 6 months, the Cleveland Clinic reports.
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton intervened last week, alleging the parents might refuse medical care, which they denied; the parents' attorney, Lee Budner, accused Paxton of turning their tragedy into "political theater."
- Budner labeled West's ongoing custody claims "baseless" and "in violation of multiple court orders out of both Alaska and California," as the family requests privacy during Rumi's recovery.
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Baby at center of surrogacy legal battle between Los Angeles, California couple, Alaska surrogate undergoes heart surgery, attorney says
The baby at the center of a surrogacy legal battle between a Los Angeles, California couple and an Alaska surrogate underwent heart surgery, an attorney says.
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The Independent (US)Baby at center of controversial surrogacy dispute undergoes first heart surgery
The complex Norwood procedure performed this week is the first step in a multi-stage surgical process expected to stretch over the next several years
Texas newborn whom surrogate refused to abort at parents’ behest has ‘complex’ heart surgery
An infant with a serious heart condition born to a surrogate who would not have an abortion despite alleged pressure from his biological parents and is allegedly fighting for custody has undergone surgery.
The baby known as Gabriel, named after the rental belly McKenna West, went through the first major heart surgery on the morning of Monday (17), in Texas, in the United States. Called Rumi by his biological parents, the boy was born on August 12, after a legal dispute that began when West refused to interrupt the pregnancy, and remains in a "critical and complex" state, according to his lawyer, Lee Budner, at TMZ.
Baby Gabriel’s ‘parents’ slam attorney general for ordering life-saving measures * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
Source link Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Baby Gabriel was born in Texas after the state attorney general, Ken Paxton, intervened and obtained a court order protecting the birth and calling for medical treatment for a heart condition. It was news because the surrogate carrying Gabriel has refused the so-called parents orders for an abortion when
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