Surrogate mother flees to Texas with baby Gabriel to avoid abortion
Key Points:
- Surrogate mother McKenna West fled to Texas while 20 weeks pregnant after her baby, diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, faced pressure from the biological parents to have an abortion.
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton intervened, legally mandating UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children’s Medical Center of Dallas to provide life-saving care to the baby, named Gabriel, upon birth.
- Despite the intended parents' refusal to consent to surgery, Paxton secured a court ruling ensuring Gabriel receives necessary medical treatment after birth.
- Gabriel was born and admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit in Texas, where doctors plan to perform a surgery with a 100% success rate to address his condition.
- Paxton emphasized his commitment to protecting the baby's life and vowed to use all legal means to ensure medically necessary care under Texas law.