Texas Court Denies Custody to Alaskan Surrogate Over Dallas-Born Baby
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A Texas judge denied custody to Alaskan surrogate McKenna West over the medically fragile baby she carried in Dallas; West is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court while California parents Omar Ahmed and Nausheen Gilkar maintain guardianship, with Texas officials intervening to keep the child in Texas as the child undergoes life-saving surgeries.
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