Texas court leaves custody of critically ill surrogate-born infant undecided as parents and carrier clash over medical authority
A Los Angeles couple and their surrogate, McKenna West, faced off in a Dallas court on August 26, 2026, over custody of a newborn with a severe heart defect. The judge did not issue a final ruling on conservatorship, leaving a restraining order in place that bars West from seeing the child. The dispute centers on whether the biological parents, Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed, will provide life-saving surgeries after previously requesting an abortion. West, an Alaska nurse, seeks sole medical decision-making authority, while the couple asserts parental rights despite the prior termination request.
