加州夫妇Omar Ahmed和Nausheen Gilkar与代孕者McKenna West之间爆发代孕纠纷。West于周三在德克萨斯州生下一名患有左心室发育不全症的男婴[1]。这一复杂的医学问题迅速演变为涉及州政府的法律争端。
Ahmed和Gilkar在胎儿20周时咨询医生后，决定终止妊娠[1]。West最初同意了这一决定，但随后改变立场[1]。德克萨斯州检察长Ken Paxton随即介入案件。法院命令两家医院为婴儿提供生命维持护理[1]，并下令该婴儿至少留在德克萨斯州直至8月晚期的听证会[1]。与此同时，法院向Ahmed和Gilkar发布了限制令，阻止他们接触这名男婴[1]。
这起纠纷涉及代孕机构Worldwide Surrogacy Specialists, LLC，双方的代孕合同签订于2025年8月[1]。反堕胎组织Live Action为West支付了飞往德克萨斯州的费用[1]。左心室发育不全症在美国每年约影响925名婴儿，患者需要接受三次手术治疗[1]。Ahmed和Gilkar的律师Lee Budner指责检察长Paxton将这场家庭悲剧转化为"政治表演"[1]。
A complex surrogacy arrangement has become mired in legal conflict after a Texas court intervened in a dispute between a California couple and their surrogate over a newborn diagnosed with a serious heart condition. Omar Ahmed and Nausheen Gilkar contracted with McKenna West through Worldwide Surrogacy Specialists, LLC, a surrogacy agency, under an agreement signed in August 2025 [1]. West gave birth to a male infant on Wednesday with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a rare developmental disorder affecting approximately 925 babies annually in the United States and requiring three surgical interventions [1].
The disagreement escalated after the couple, following consultation with physicians at the 20-week mark, decided to terminate the pregnancy, initially securing West's agreement before she reversed her decision [1]. Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton subsequently entered the case, prompting a court order requiring two hospitals to provide life-sustaining care for the infant and prohibiting the baby from leaving Texas until at least a late August hearing [1]. The couple obtained a restraining order preventing West from contacting the newborn [1]. The anti-abortion organization Live Action funded West's travel expenses to Texas [1].
Lee Budner, an attorney representing the couple, accused Attorney General Paxton of transforming a family tragedy into "political theater" [1]. The infant is ordered to remain in Texas pending the outcome of further proceedings in the ongoing custody and guardianship dispute.