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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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
Surrogate’s Baby at Center of Abortion Refusal Case Undergoes Major Heart Surgery
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Baby at center of surrogacy legal battle undergoes heart surgery, attorney says
A SoCal couple involved in a legal battle with their surrogate says their infant son is recovering after undergoing the first of three surgeries required to treat a life-threatening heart condition.
Newborn with heart condition at center of surrogacy legal fight has surgery
A baby with a serious heart condition who was the center of a multi-state legal fight involving a surrogate who said she refused to terminate the pregnancy underwent surgery Monday, the lawyer representing the child’s biological parents said.
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