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Texas AG Orders UT Southwestern to Treat Newborn

8/14/2026

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  • Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured an order directing UT Southwestern and Children’s Medical Center Dallas to treat the newborn.
  • The order barred surrogate McKenna West from post-birth contact and gave parents Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed medical authority.
  • West says she will keep fighting for custody.
  • Gilkar and Ahmed obtained custody.
  • Their lawyer Lee Budner said the infant with hypoplastic left heart syndrome is receiving care at a center.