A surrogate mother who says she was pressured to end her pregnancy after the biological parents discovered a severe heart defect has given birth in Texas.
As per The Texas Tribune, the surrogate mother, McKenna West, is from Alaska, and the two biological parents, Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed, are from California. A July filing from an Alaska court indicates that West, Gilkar and Ahmed were initially in agreement to terminate the pregnancy due to a diagnosis of hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS).
