Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has stepped in to protect an unborn surrogate baby whose intended parents in California have allegedly refused consent for a life-saving heart operation and seek to remove the baby from Texas.
The child, referred to as baby Gabriel, was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a life-threatening but treatable heart defect, at roughly 20 weeks in utero, according to Paxton’s office.
Without intervention, the heart defect is fatal in the first days or weeks of life.
The heart condition typically requires a series of surgeries, one of which is called the Norwood procedure, which his treating physicians recommended soon after delivery, according to the release. …
Texas Intervenes in Case of Expectant Surrogate Mother Who Fled to Save Baby’s Life
