McKenna West, a surrogate for California couple Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed, gave birth to a baby boy on Wednesday, August 12, after refusing to follow the biological parents’ wishes to terminate the pregnancy.
A court order, however, barred her from seeing or caring for the child.
The baby’s parents have instead been entrusted with his care as he suffers from a severe cardiac condition that prompted their request for an abortion and requires urgent medical treatment, including at least one immediate surgery.
