{"id":2643609,"date":"2026-08-12T12:02:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T16:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignweve-reached-the-infanticide-stage-of-commercial-surrogacy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T12:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T16:04:10","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignweve-reached-the-infanticide-stage-of-commercial-surrogacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignweve-reached-the-infanticide-stage-of-commercial-surrogacy\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019ve Reached The Infanticide Stage Of Commercial Surrogacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignweve-reached-the-infanticide-stage-of-commercial-surrogacy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2643609&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An unborn baby boy named gabriel, diagnosed with a serious heart condition (hypoplastic left heart syndrome), is set to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-pulls-trump-era-deal-allowing-road-through-alaska-wildlife-refuge\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Pulls Trump-Era Deal Allowing Road Through Alaska Wild... Refuge\">receive life-saving medical treatment<\/a> in Texas after Attorney General Ken Paxton secured an emergency court order. His parents,who used IVF and surrogacy arrangements,wanted him aborted due to the diagnosis,citing a contractual clause that allowed abortion for anomalies.The surrogate, McKenna West, refused to abort and moved to Texas, where courts have now ordered that Gabriel must be treated and protected from removal or obstruction of his care. the case highlights issues in surrogacy laws, including concerns about the commodification of children, exploitation of women, and the moral implications of third-party reproduction.Advocates argue that children\u2019s right to life should not be determined by contractual terms or physical conditions, and that the surrogacy industry poses important ethical and legal challenges.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>An unborn baby boy whose parents wanted him aborted will receive potentially lifesaving care at birth for a severe heart condition after Attorney General Ken Paxton secured an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/press\/G%20Relief.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">emergency court order<\/a> compelling doctors to treat the child regardless of his parents\u2019 wishes.<\/p>\n<p>The only reason Gabriel needed a legal promise of protection in the first place is because his parents, the Californians who paid to create him in a lab via in vitro fertilization (IVF) and rented the womb of a woman in Alaska to gestate him, thought in utero diagnosis should disqualify him from life. <\/p>\n<p>Gabriel was first diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) at 20 weeks gestation. HLHS is a severe condition that requires immediate medical intervention after birth, but it is not an <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC2817797\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">automatic death sentence<\/a> if treated properly. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyp.org\/pediatrics\/heart\/hypoplastic-left-heart-syndrome-hlhs\/treatment#faqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York-Presbyterian<\/a> Hospital estimates that infants with HLHS who receive surgical treatments have a 72 percent survival rate to age 5 and retain a 90 percent survival rate by the time they turn 18 years old.<\/p>\n<p>That data didn\u2019t matter to Gabriel\u2019s parents, named Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed in the latest court documents, who demanded their surrogate McKenna West seek a literal death sentence for Gabriel in the form of a late-term abortion. They <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/surrogate-fights-baby-heart-condition-refusing-abortion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cited a clause<\/a> in their surrogacy contract that permitted abortion if the pregnancy yielded an \u201canomaly.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>West not only refused to comply, but the single mother relocated from Alaska to Texas with the hope that the baby she is carrying will receive the care he needs. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to fight for him because he deserves that chance,\u201d West <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2026\/08\/11\/surrogate-mom-mckenna-west-fights-to-save-baby-from-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cMy goal is to get him surgery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her attempt to secure legal custody of Gabriel after birth so she could secure treatment, however, was countered by the couple who \u201csought to compel her to give birth in California, stopped payments, and demanded repayment plus damages that could reach $250,000.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>While courts in Alaska and California wade through the largely unregulated and muddled legal minefield of surrogacy to determine parentage and jurisdiction in this case, Paxton determined the Lone Star State would not sit idly by as Gabriel\u2019s September due date rapidly approached. Especially since, as Paxton noted in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/news\/releases\/attorney-general-paxton-secures-emergency-court-order-ensuring-baby-gabriel-receives-life-saving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tuesday press release<\/a>, the couple \u201crefused to agree that they will consent to the life-saving surgery for Gabriel after he is born.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The 301st District Court in Dallas ultimately granted temporary relief that forbids anyone from withholding, obstructing, or delaying Gabriel\u2019s care. The order also declares \u201cno person shall: remove the child from the [hospital where he\u2019s treated], [and] remove the child from the state of Texas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe court has made the right decision in immediately acting to protect baby Gabriel\u2019s life and ensure he receives the care he deserves,\u201d Paxton said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasattorneygeneral.gov\/news\/releases\/attorney-general-paxton-secures-emergency-court-order-ensuring-baby-gabriel-receives-life-saving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a> on Tuesday. \u201cMy office utilized every tool at our disposal to protect life, and we will not back down in continuing to support baby Gabriel\u2019s well-being. Every child in our state deserves to be cared for and protected, and that\u2019s exactly what I\u2019ll fight for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even the court order, however, is not bulletproof against the dangers surrogacy contracts pose to baby\u2019s lives. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe court notes that nothing in this order limits the right of the surrogate mother to make decisions to safeguard her own health or the health of the pregnancy,\u201d Paxton\u2019s press release noted. <\/p>\n<p>West already declared she would not abort Gabriel, but the authority and means for that still exists. Which is exactly why my Federalist colleague John Daniel Davidson used this case to argue that surrogacy is <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/08\/05\/surrogacy-is-a-form-of-slavery-it-should-be-abolished\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201ca form of slavery\u201d that \u201cshould be abolished.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s not the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/27\/united-nations-report-slavery-like-rent-a-womb-industry-should-be-globally-banned\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first to point out the similarities<\/a> between surrogacy and slavery. And as cases like Gabriel\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/07\/13\/same-sex-couple-sues-surrogate-after-she-refuses-to-abort-baby-with-cleft-lip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">continue to make global news<\/a>, he won\u2019t be the last.<\/p>\n<p>Surrogacy <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/08\/27\/united-nations-report-slavery-like-rent-a-womb-industry-should-be-globally-banned\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">exploits vulnerable women<\/a> and puts them at the center of <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/07\/22\/surrogate-mom-fights-for-custody-of-babies-she-raised-after-purchaser-abandoned-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">impossible decisions<\/a>. More importantly, it denies <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/12\/04\/the-conservative-pro-life-case-against-surrogacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">children\u2019s natural rights<\/a> to life, to a mother and father, and to freedom from commodification. <\/p>\n<p>It is the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/12\/04\/the-conservative-pro-life-case-against-surrogacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">commodification<\/a> that comes with third-party reproduction like surrogacy that puts lifesaving care for an infant in limbo in the first place. The value and worth of a baby\u2019s life should not be determined by his physical condition and it certainly shouldn\u2019t be decided by a couple of words on a contract. Something is critically wrong with a society and culture that requires an emergency order solicited by an attorney general to save an infant with a severe heart problem. <\/p>\n<p>Bills to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/06\/10\/republicans-launch-bills-to-stop-child-predators-and-foreigners-from-buying-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ban child predators and foreigners from buying babies<\/a> will only do so much to curb the inherent immorality of the rent-a-womb industry. Even if a surrogate like West experiences an uncomplicated pregnancy that ends in the birth of a healthy baby who goes home to people who will love and cherish him, that child will still be the product of an arrangement that considered his rights and needs last. <\/p>\n<p>Baby Gabriel deserves to live and be medically treated not because a court said so, but because he is a human whose life had value from the moment he was conceived. He didn\u2019t survive creation in a lab and likely some time in a cryopreservation freezer only to die because the people who paid for his creation decided he was no longer wanted. As long as the third-party reproduction industry flourishes, however, imminent death for embryos and unborn deemed unworthy at the commissioning party\u2019s whim is always a risk. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Jordan Boyd is an award-winning staff writer at The Federalist and producer of \u201cThe Federalist Radio Hour.\u201d Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. 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