Surrogate Mother Fighting to Save Baby with Treatable Heart Condition from Biological Parents Trying to Force Her to Abort

 

An Alaska nurse and single mother is in a legal battle to protect the life of the baby she is carrying after the biological parents demanded she abort the child following a diagnosis of a severe, but treatable, heart condition.

McKenna West, who agreed in September to serve as a surrogate through Worldwide Surrogacy Specialists to help make ends meet while raising her two children, underwent a routine anatomy scan in her 20th week of pregnancy in April.

Doctors diagnosed the boy, whom she has named Baby Gabriel, with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a condition in which the left side of the heart is underdeveloped. 

While serious, the defect is treatable with surgery performed shortly after birth. Newborns who undergo the procedure have a 75 percent chance of surviving to age five, and those who reach their first birthday have a 90 percent chance of living to 18 and beyond.

The biological “parents,” identified in court papers only as A.B. and C.D. and residing in California, invoked an “abortion on demand” clause in their surrogacy contract and ordered West to terminate the pregnancy.

When Alaska doctors refused to perform the late-term procedure, the couple demanded she travel to Seattle for the abortion and threatened to sue her for $250,000 if she refused, which would financially cripple the single mother. 

West was appalled at the prospect of a procedure that would stop the baby’s heart and involve dismemberment, so she refused.

She offered to assume full responsibility for Gabriel and absolve the parents of all financial and custodial obligations, but they rejected the proposal.

She later offered to renounce any parental rights if the couple would commit to the life-saving surgeries, but they declined that as well.

Instead, they have discussed palliative care that would allow the infant to die after birth instead of giving him the lifesaving surgery.

West subsequently left Alaska for Texas, seeking a hospital with specialized pediatric cardiac capabilities, and has filed legal actions in an effort to secure custody and ensure the baby receives treatment.

The biological parents are fighting in Alaska Superior Court and the California Second District Court of Appeal to compel her to give birth in California and to assert their parental rights.

They accuse West of distorting the medical reality and of being motivated by money, noting her refusal to undergo amniocentesis.

West has told the New York Post in a statement, “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.”

The baby is due on September 3.

Josh Hawley: ‘Anthony Fauci Had No Right to Invoke the Fifth Amendment After Receiving Immunity’ (VIDEO)

 

Screencap of Twitter/X video.

Anthony Fauci’s congressional testimony this week was such an insult to the entire country. It was just stunning to see him repeatedly invoke the Fifth Amendment and refuse to answer every single question posed to him.

During an appearance on the Sean Hannity show, Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri, who had an amazing exchange with Fauci during the hearing, suggested that Fauci actually had no right to invoke the Fifth Amendment because he received immunity from the Biden administration.

This offers some hope to anyone who still wants to see Fauci held accountable for his actions during Covid. 

Partial transcrip by Sean Hannity:

“As a lawyer and former attorney general of my state, I can tell you that when you get immunity—and he’s got it. He’s got immunity from Joe Biden. I wish he didn’t, but he’s got it. He has as much immunity as Hunter Biden has. When you have that, you can’t invoke the Fifth. And he came in today and invoked the Fifth because he is guilty as all get out, and he knows it.

But what he did today was wrong. He did not have the right to do it. I think we should hold him in contempt. And, Sean, here’s just a little hint to viewers at home: innocent people don’t invoke the Fifth. Fauci invoked it 111 times. You draw your own conclusion.”

Watch the segment below:

In a recent tweet, Hawley said that he is looking forward to voting to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress. 

This needs to happen and the Republicans must be united in this effort.

It shouldn’t even be up for debate.

Louisiana Joins Alabama and Florida in Investigating if Fauci Broke Any State Laws

 

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced on Saturday that her office will be investigating Dr. Anthony Fauci to determine whether he committed any offenses that can be pursued under state law, joining similar efforts underway in Alabama and Florida.

The announcement comes days after Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination more than 100 times during a contentious Senate hearing led by Sen. Rand Paul examining the COVID-19 pandemic response and origins.

Murrill pointed to newly released personal diary entries and work records that Paul made public, which she said contradict Fauci’s earlier claims during depositions that he could not recall key details of his own actions. 

In a post on X, Murrill wrote, “Fauci lied. Louisiana and Missouri deposed Dr. Fauci. At the time, he claimed to not recall many key details of his own actions and now we are discovering contemporaneous records he kept. Louisiana will join Alabama & Florida in investigating Fauci and whether he committed any other offenses that could be pursued in our State courts.”

The Louisiana announcement follows Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier’s decision earlier in the week to open his own investigation, in which he described Fauci’s lack of candor before Congress as “unbelievable” and declared it “past time we get the truth of what happened during COVID.”

Alabama has also moved forward with a similar plan. 

Murrill’s office previously participated with Missouri in deposing Fauci, and the new state-level efforts are proceeding despite a preemptive federal pardon issued by former President Biden before he left office.

A presidential pardon does not shield an individual from potential state criminal or civil actions.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who has called for Fauci’s arrest, told Fox News, “Anthony Fauci is responsible for the deaths of millions of Americans and tens of thousands of Alabamians.”

“The ‘pardon’ signed by Joe Biden’s autopen doesn’t apply to state-level crimes,” Tuberville continued.

Tuberville is running for Alabama governor, and has said that if he wins, he will hold Fauci accountable in his state as well.

“When I’m governor of Alabama, I will look into ways we can hold Fauci accountable for all of the Alabamians who died under his watch.”

The Senate hearing focused heavily on Fauci’s role in pandemic policies, funding decisions, and the handling of information related to the virus’s origins.