Surrogate mother who fled to Texas gives birth to baby with severe heart defect
Under state law, abortion in Texas is banned under most circumstances, except when a mother’s health is at risk. Photograph: Alamy/PAView image in fullscreenUnder state law, abortion in Texas is banned under most circumstances, except when a mother’s health is at risk. He publicized an emergency court order out of Dallas county, barring the then-fetus from being taken out of state and requesting for area hospitals to provide “life-saving” care.Texas’s top prosecutors and West maintained the California couple intended to deprive the child of such treatment.
- ▪Under state law, abortion in Texas is banned under most circumstances, except when a mother’s health is at risk.
- ▪Photograph: Alamy/PAView image in fullscreenUnder state law, abortion in Texas is banned under most circumstances, except when a mother’s health is at risk.
- ▪He publicized an emergency court order out of Dallas county, barring the then-fetus from being taken out of state and requesting for area hospitals to provide “life-saving” care.Texas’s top prosecutors and West maintained the California cou
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Under state law, abortion in Texas is banned under most circumstances, except when a mother’s health is at risk. Photograph: Alamy/PAView image in fullscreenUnder state law, abortion in Texas is banned under most circumstances, except when a mother’s health is at risk. Photograph: Alamy/PAUS newsSurrogate mother who fled to Texas gives birth to baby with severe heart defectMcKenna West initially agreed to an abortion after diagnosis, but then fled to state where abortion is illegal and broke contact with biological parents, attorney allegesUwa Ede-OsifoWed 12 Aug 2026 22.12 EDTLast modified on Wed 12 Aug 2026 22.13 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleA surrogate mother who traveled to Texas, where abortion is illegal, claiming she was pressured to end the pregnancy after the discovery of…
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