Dallas judge delays custody decision in surrogacy fight over newborn with heart defect
Updated on: August 25, 2026 / 10:21 PM CDT / CBS Texas
TL;DR
- A Dallas judge extended a temporary restraining order for two weeks in a custody dispute over a newborn with hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
- The surrogate, McKenna West, allegedly moved to Texas to prevent an abortion, a claim supported by anti-abortion groups and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office.
- The intended parents, Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed, maintain the baby boy is wanted and loved, and are committed to his medical care, which includes complex surgeries.
- The surrogate admitted to withholding medical records from the intended parents.
- The baby, less than two weeks old, remains in critical condition after undergoing his first surgery.