Texas Court Places Newborn with Heart Condition in Intended Parents' Custody After Surrogacy Dispute
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A baby born in Texas with hypoplastic left heart syndrome is now in the physical custody of intended parents Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed while receiving medical care. The case arose after the parents requested an abortion following the prenatal diagnosis, the surrogate McKenna West refused and traveled to Texas, and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton obtained a court order requiring lifesaving treatment.