In a Texas hospital this week, doctors performed a complex, high-risk, open-heart surgery on a 6-day-old boy born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a rare congenital condition that rendered part of his heart underdeveloped. Omar Ahmed and Nausheen Gilkar waited in the hospital as the newborn, whom they named Rumi, underwent the first of three surgeries babies with the condition need very early in life, their lawyer told CNN. When the California couple contracted last August via a surrogacy agency with McKenna West, a nurse from Alaska, to carry their child, few could have guessed the decision would land them in a Texas hospital room as a multistate, nationally publicized legal battle played out over who the babyâs rightful parents are. Anti-abortion activists â who pointedly have bypassed the babyâs given name, calling him Gabriel â have seized on the case to bolster their arguments about fetal personhood, feeding a small but rising movement against surrogacy in the US. And as the newborn recuperates from surgery, the high-stakes legal battle centered around abortion, surrogacy and parental rights appears far from over. Surrogacy arrangements often include a contract. T
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I still remember my first job interview to cover politics in Washington back in 2006. The job was writing about House and Senate campaigns, and I think I spent more time talking about which midterm races I was interested in than why I was…
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I still remember my first job interview to cover politics in Washington back in 2006. The job was writing about House and Senate campaigns, and I think I spent more time talking about which midterm races I was…
Read original at CNN →Biological parents have secured restraining order against surrogate as lawsuit continues and baby receives care The baby with a rare life-threatening heart defect at the center of a legal battle between his biological…
Read original at The Guardian →A California couple in an escalating fight with their surrogate over a newborn with a life-threatening heart defect has told a Texas court the childâs condition has worsened and they are anguished by attempts to deny…
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I still remember my first job interview to cover politics in Washington back in 2006. The job was writing about House and Senate campaigns, and I think I spent more time talking about which midterm races I was interested in than why I was…
View source →Biological parents have secured restraining order against surrogate as lawsuit continues and baby receives care The baby with a rare life-threatening heart defect at the center of a legal battle between his biological parents and the…
View source →A California couple in an escalating fight with their surrogate over a newborn with a life-threatening heart defect has told a Texas court the childâs condition has worsened and they are anguished by attempts to deny them parental rights…
View source →We’re less than 75 days away from the midterm elections that will determine who controls the House and Senate. Recent primary outcomes and shifting political dynamics have turned six Senate races into toss-ups, according to the latest FOX…
View source →In a Texas hospital this week, doctors performed a complex, high-risk, open-heart surgery on a 6-day-old boy born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a rare congenital condition that rendered part of his heart underdeveloped. Omar Ahmed…
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