THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Trump Admin Intervenes in Surrogate’s Battle for Newborn Parents Wanted to Abort.
The Trump administration has stepped into a contentious surrogacy case, advocating for life-saving medical care for a baby born with a severe heart defect amid legal and ethical disputes.
The Trump administration has stepped into a contentious surrogacy case , advocating for life-saving medical care for a baby born with a severe heart defect amid legal and ethical disputes. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Trump administration has warned two Texas hospitals that they must provide life-saving care to a newborn caught in an extraordinary legal dispute between his surrogate and biological parents. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS ) told Children’s Medical Center of Dallas and UT Southwestern Medical Center that federal disability civil rights protections prohibit withholding medical treatment based on a patient’s disability. DETAIL: McKenna West gave birth on Wednesday to Gabriel after refusing the…Open
AI:The Trump administration has intervened in a high-stakes surrogacy battle to defend the right to life-saving medical care for an infant born with a severe heart defect. The Department of Health and Human Services warned Dallas hospitals that federal disability civil rights protections prohibit withholding treatment based on a patient's condition, following McKenna West’s decision to give birth to baby Gabriel in Texas after refusing her biological clients' demands to terminate the pregnancy due to hypoplastic left heart syndrome. While California courts have ruled the biological parents are the legal parents, the administration is standing firm against those attempting to prioritize abortion-based contractual clauses over a child's…Open