Parents Who Demanded Abortion Now Have Custody of Baby Gabriel After Surrogate Risked Everything to Save Him (VIDEOS)

The legal battle over Baby Gabriel took a dramatic turn this week when the California couple who repeatedly sought to abort him obtained physical custody of the newborn just hours after his birth in Texas, even as the surrogate who refused their demands continues fighting for parental rights.

Surrogate McKenna West, an Alaska nurse and mother of two, rejected the biological parents’ demands for an abortion after a 20-week diagnosis of hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a serious congenital defect that requires multiple surgeries but is treatable.

West fled to Texas for legal protection and specialized care, giving birth to the boy, whom she named Gabriel, on Wednesday at a Dallas hospital.

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Wow. 28-year-old surrogate McKenna reveals an abortion was scheduled in Seattle for Baby Gabriel.

She escaped to Texas to give birth to the little boy, saving his life.

“His life doesn’t have a price tag on it” pic.twitter.com/55jxxwM6x7

— Anna Lulis (@annamlulis) August 13, 2026

“Every life matters. No woman should be forced to end the life of the baby she is carrying — including me… Baby Gabriel should receive a chance at life,” West told The New York Post.

Biological parents Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed, who refer to the child as Rumi, now have custody while he receives medical treatment, according to their attorneys.

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured an emergency court order mandating life-sustaining care and barring any attempt to remove the infant from the state ahead of an August 25 hearing.

A separate temporary restraining order prohibits West from claiming to be the child’s parent or making medical decisions on his behalf.

West’s attorney Lincoln Wilson has declared that under Texas law the woman who gives birth is the legal mother and vowed to challenge California court orders as void, saying the fight will go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary.

“She is seeking parentage of the child because she gave birth in Texas, and in Texas, if you give birth to a child, it’s your child,” Wilson stated.

West has publicly said she could not live with herself if she ended the pregnancy and that Gabriel “deserves to be surrounded by people who are 100% willing to fight alongside him.”

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NEW: Parents begging for abortion of ‘Baby Gabiel’ regain custody of the child after the surrogate fled to Texas to have the baby.

Nausheen Gilkar, 43, and Omar Ahmed, 45, were trying to have their surrogate, McKenna West, 28, abort the baby after the baby was diagnosed with… pic.twitter.com/hwxNaB0j1a

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The biological parents’ lawyers have called the situation a family tragedy turned into “political theater,” insisting their sole focus is the baby’s medical care.

“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,” their lawyer, Lee Budner, told TMZ.

A segment on the situation for NBC News framed the parents as victims, despite their efforts to kill their biological son.

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WATCH: @NBCNightlyNews casts the bio parents of Baby Gabriel as the purest victims of this fiasco

TOM LLAMAS: And in Texas, a story that is garnering a lot of headlines. A couple’s surrogate is now fighting for custody of the baby boy she carried, arguing she should be given… pic.twitter.com/5ummphFfgu

— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) August 14, 2026

Though the courts appear to be siding with the biological parents, for now, it is abundantly clear who King Solomon would have deemed the true parent in this situation.