An Alaskan surrogate who sued to obtain medical care for a baby she carried is still requesting that a Dallas court give her custody.
Rumi, who is a week old, has undergone heart surgery under the care of his biological parents and is in critical condition at a Dallas area hospital, as of Monday, said Lee Budner, the couple’s attorney.
Their surrogate McKenna West, who gave Rumi a different name, Gabriel, had challenged the couple’s parental rights after she said they were going to refuse medical care for the baby upon birth and were forcing her to get an abortion, the latter of which the parents deny. West’s attorney, who did not provide a comment for this story, said last week that they are still pursuing custody even though the child has received medical care per West’s wishes…