Paxton steps into high-profile legal battle between surrogate and parents over unborn baby
The question is whether any adult, whatever parental title he or she holds, may decline life-saving surgery for a newborn who can live, because the child will live with disabilities. The agreement that arranged his conception cannot require his death. And the statutes of this State place in this Court’s hands every instrument needed to protect him,” Paxton’s office wrote in the filing.Paxton is seeking an emergency order in Dallas County court that would bar baby Gabriel from being removed from Texas and ensure that he is given lifesaving treatment upon his birth.
- ▪The question is whether any adult, whatever parental title he or she holds, may decline life-saving surgery for a newborn who can live, because the child will live with disabilities.
- ▪The agreement that arranged his conception cannot require his death.
- ▪And the statutes of this State place in this Court’s hands every instrument needed to protect him,” Paxton’s office wrote in the filing.Paxton is seeking an emergency order in Dallas County court that would bar baby Gabriel from being remov
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton waded into a high-profile legal battle on Tuesday between a surrogate and a California couple over an unborn baby’s access to lifesaving healthcare, which has captivated anti-abortion activists.Paxton, who is running for Senate, filed a petition to intervene in the Texas court case between surrogate McKenna West, an Alaska resident who traveled to Texas to get treatment for the unborn baby’s heart defect upon his birth, and a California couple, Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed, who are the intended parents of the unborn child and have filed a different lawsuit in California court seeking to have West deliver the baby in the Golden State.
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