2026年8月13日 美国东部时间下午3:15 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
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代孕者与父母之间纠纷的核心婴儿现已由其父母监护并接受治疗，他们的律师周四表示。
这名于周三上午在得克萨斯州出生的婴儿患有左心发育不全综合征，这是一种罕见的心脏缺陷，需要接受一系列手术，首次手术通常在出生后数周内进行。
据本周介入此案的得克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿称，这对父母——法庭文件中显示为加利福尼亚州的瑙欣·吉尔卡尔和奥马尔·艾哈迈德——在数月前得知诊断结果后，曾要求代孕者、来自阿拉斯加州的麦肯纳·韦斯特进行堕胎。
韦斯特拒绝了，并在婴儿出生前前往了得克萨斯州，这促使帕克斯顿获得了一项法院命令，要求婴儿在出生后必须接受挽救生命的医疗护理。法院还裁定，吉尔卡尔和艾哈迈德，而非韦斯特，有权在法院命令的要求范围内做出医疗决定。
“我们当事人的儿子于昨日上午出生，目前已由他们实际监护，正在一家三级护理中心接受专业医疗护理，”代表吉尔卡尔和艾哈迈德的律师李·巴德纳在一份声明中表示。“值得庆幸的是，麦肯纳·韦斯特毫无根据的干预其医疗护理的企图已被法院坚决驳回。目前，我们的当事人一如既往地将孩子的健康和福祉放在首位，遵循婴儿医疗团队的建议，就像任何充满爱意的父母会做的那样。”
“仿佛他的病情带来的伤心还不够，他们看到自己的家庭悲剧被得克萨斯州总检察长办公室和麦肯纳·韦斯特演变成政治闹剧，感到悲痛欲绝，”巴德纳的声明继续说道。“目前，我们的当事人唯一的关注点是确保他们的孩子得到至关重要的医疗护理，以及作为父母的他们能够尽可能多地陪伴他们美丽的新生儿子，珍惜每一刻宝贵的时光。”
根据法院命令，韦斯特在婴儿出生后不得与孩子有任何接触，她的律师林肯·戴维斯·威尔逊周三告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻。威尔逊表示，韦斯特打算继续争取孩子的监护权。
“我们正在挑战这些亲子关系命令，因为我们认为得克萨斯州法律规定，分娩的女性才是孩子的母亲，”他说。
威尔逊还表示，除了已知的心脏疾病外，这名被他称为加布里埃尔的婴儿的各项体征良好。威尔逊无法透露孩子正在何处接受治疗，但表示孩子正在“一家在实施该手术方面有着出色成功记录的机构”接受护理。
杰森·艾伦和克里·布林对本篇报道亦有贡献。
Baby in surrogate dispute now in custody of parents and getting medical care, lawyer says
2026-08-13 3:15 PM EDT / CBS News
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The baby at the center of a dispute between a surrogate and the parents is now in his parents’ custody and receiving care, their lawyer said Thursday.
The baby, born Wednesday morning in Texas, has hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a rare heart defect that requires a series of surgeries, the first typically happening in the first weeks of life.
When they learned of the diagnosis months ago, the parents, identified in court documents as Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed of California, requested that the surrogate, McKenna West of Alaska, get an abortion, according to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who intervened in the case this week.
West refused and went to Texas before the baby was born, prompting Paxton to secure a court order saying the baby must receive lifesaving medical care after birth. The court also ruled that Gilkar and Ahmed, not West, are responsible for medical decisions within the requirements of the court order.
“Our clients’ son was born yesterday morning and he is now in their physical custody while he receives expert medical care at a tertiary care center,” attorney Lee Budner, who represents Gilkar and Ahmed, said in a statement. “Thankfully, McKenna West’s baseless attempt to interfere with his medical care has been soundly rejected by the courts. Right now, our clients are continuing to place their baby’s health and well-being first, following the advice of the baby’s medical team, as they always have and just as any loving parent would.”
“As if the heartbreak of his condition were not enough, they are devastated to see their family tragedy transformed into political theater by the Texas Attorney General’s office and McKenna West,” Budner’s statement continued. “Our clients’ only focus at this time is ensuring that their baby receives the medical care that he vitally needs and that they, as his parents, are able to spend every precious moment they can with their beautiful newborn son.”
Due to the court orders, West was not allowed any contact with the child after his birth, her attorney, Lincoln Davis Wilson, told CBS News Wednesday. Wilson said West intended to continue efforts to gain custody of the child.
“We are working on challenging those orders of parentage because we think that Texas law makes a woman who gives birth to a child, the mother of the child,” he said.
Wilson also said that aside from the known heart condition, signs were positive for the baby, whom he referred to as Gabriel. Wilson could not comment on where the child was being treated, but said he was receiving care “at a facility that has an excellent track record of success in performing it.”
Jason Allen and Kerry Breen contributed to this report.
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