Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has entered a fight, and obtained a court order, in a case in which two “parents” are demanding that a surrogate destroy an unborn child, Baby Gabriel, because of a treatable heart condition.
The death wish got Paxton’s attention and he immediate was in court obtaining an emergency order to ensure the baby receives life-saving care in Texas as soon as he is born.
I secured an emergency court order ensuring that baby Gabriel receives life-saving care in Texas. pic.twitter.com/Yv84BFoFi7
— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) August 12, 2026
He explained the order ensures Gabriel’s life is protected.
“Under the court order, life-saving medical care will be provided upon baby Babriel’s birth and will not be delayed,” he said. “The order prevents anyone from withholding or obstructing necessary treatment or removing, discharging, or transferring the child while the court considers the case.”
Further, the court and parties must be notififed immediately of the child’s birth and medical assessment as well as “any refusal of consent to medically indicated treatment.”
BREAKING: I am fighting to save an unborn child diagnosed with a treatable heart condition and am demanding that Dallas hospitals provide life-saving care. pic.twitter.com/GWjEzRqYrk
— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) August 11, 2026
It is a report at Not the Bee that has the background.
It quotes Dr. Eithan Haim, who called for Texas authorities to step up.
“A California couple demanded the surrogate mother abort the baby, Gabriel, after he was diagnosed with a treatable heart condition. HLHS. The surrogate mother refused – she offered to adopt and raise the baby. They are now at (a hospital) in Dallas, which has a near 100% success rate for treating this type of heart condition.”
The doctor continued, “Despite this, the parents are demanding the surrogate give the baby to them in California after Gabriel is born. What will they do with that baby? ‘Palliative care.’”
Haim explained, “This is just a euphemism for murder, infanticide – because they see baby Gabriel as material product they bought and incubated in a peasant woman, there is no problem for them to throw it out in the garbage.”
The report notes Gabriel was diagnosed at 20 weeks with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, which can be fatal if left untreated but routinely can be corrected with surgery.
Texas authorities also have notified UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children’s Medical Center of Dallas of their obligations to provide medically necessary, life-saving care.
