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Baby with heart defect carried by surrogate must receive treatment, Texas court rules, after intended parents request abortion - CBS News

Baby with heart defect carried by surrogate must receive treatment, Texas court rules, after intended parents request abortion - CBS News

Surrogate McKenna West declined to get an abortion requested by the intended parents after the fetus she is carrying was diagnosed with a severe but treatable heart defect.

A fetus with a rare heart defect being carried by a surrogate from Alaska must receive lifesaving care after birth, a Texas court ruled Tuesday after state Attorney General Ken Paxton intervened in t… [+4447 chars]

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