Surrogate gives birth in Texas to baby with heart defect after parents requested abortion

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Fox News correspondent Madeleine Rivera reports on a legal battle involving surrogate mother McKenna West, who traveled to Texas to give birth after refusing the intended parents' request to abort the baby over a congenital heart condition diagnosis. A surrogate mother gave birth to a baby against its biological parents' wishes after fleeing to Texas with help from state Attorney General Ken Paxton. Surrogate mother McKenna West fled to Texas after her baby was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome around the time West was 20 weeks pregnant. The diagnosis allegedly prompted the baby's birth parents to ask West to have an abortion, Paxton's office wrote in a news release Tuesday. After West went to Texas, Paxton intervened, formally notifying UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children’s Medical Center of Dallas of their legal obligations to