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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Jamie Stengle and Anna Wilder

California couple heads to Texas court in custody battle with surrogate

A California couple locked in a legal dispute with their surrogate over a baby born with a critical heart defect told a Texas court Tuesday that the child's condition has deteriorated, expressing anguish over attempts to strip their parental rights because they had previously requested an abortion.

"He's our child," Nausheen Gilkar said as she cried on the witness stand.

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