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Surrogate Mom McKenna West Fights to Save Baby From Abortion
A surrogate mother is locked in a multistate legal battle to protect the life of the baby boy she is carrying after the intended parents demanded an abortion following a prenatal diagnosis of a serious but treatable heart condition.McKenna West, a nurse and single mother of two from Alaska, agreed to serve as a surrogate for a California couple through Worldwide Surrogacy Specialists.At a 20-week ultrasound, the baby — whom West calls Gabriel — was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome