- High-profile custody battle: a California couple and their Alaska surrogate are in a Texas courtroom over a newborn with a serious heart defect — the couple calls him Rumi, the surrogate calls him Gabriel.
- Central dispute: the surrogate says she was pressured to get an abortion at 23 weeks and later sought conservatorship; right-to-life groups and GOP figures have publicly sided with her.
- Baby’s condition: diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and in critical condition after surgery; a restraining order currently bars the surrogate from seeing him while the judge decides custody.
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