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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
By Jamie Stengle and Anna Wilder

California couple and their surrogate testify in Texas court as dispute over newborn escalates

Surrogate Medical Treatment - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A California couple in an escalating fight with their surrogate over a newborn with a life-threatening heart defect told a Texas court Tuesday that the child's condition has worsened and they are anguished by attempts to deny them parental rights because they previously wanted an abortion.

“He's our child,” Nausheen Gilkar said, wiping away tears on the witness stand.

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