A surrogate mother is fighting tooth and nail to save the life of the baby she’s carrying amid relentless pressure from his biological parents, who pushed to abort him after he was diagnosed with a heart condition, a lawsuit claims.

McKenna West, an Alaskan nurse and single mom of two, signed on to become a surrogate with Worldwide Surrogacy Specialists in September 2025 to make ends meet.

When she underwent an anatomy scan in her 20th week of pregnancy in April 2026, “Baby Gabriel” was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) — a severe but treatable heart condition, per the lawsuit.

Baby Gabriel’s biological parents, referred to in court papers only as A.B. and C.D., demanded West abort the baby, in accordance with the “abortion on demand” clause of their surrogacy agreement, according to court docs.

Doctors in Alaska refused to perform the abortion — a two-day-long, highly intensive and risky late-term procedure, so the biological parents demanded West travel to Seattle, per court documents.

West, already bonded with the unborn child, was grief-stricken at the prospect.

She was appalled at the idea that doctors would inject Baby Gabriel with “a solution that will stop his heart and then he’ll be literally ripped apart and dismembered as he’s taken from [her] uterus,” when his condition is treatable, according to the suit.

“Every life matters. No woman should be forced to end the life of the baby she is carrying — including me… Baby Gabriel should receive a chance at life,” West told The Post in a statement.

Newborns diagnosed with HLHS require surgery almost immediately after birth in order to survive past their first week. Babies who are operated on have a 75% chance of making it to 5 years old, and those who make it to their first birthday have have a 90% chance of making it to 18, according to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.

The Alaskan nurse decided she couldn’t go through with the abortion and offered to take full responsibility for Baby Gabriel, absolving the biological parents of all financial and custodial responsibilities.

Her offer was rejected, and they threatened to sue her for $250,000, a sum that would bankrupt her, the lawsuit claimed.

She fled to Texas in the hope of giving birth at a hospital that specializes in pediatric cardiac cases.

A complex legal battle proceeded in both Alaska Superior Court and the California Second District Court of Appeal, as the biological parents now attempt to compel West to give birth in their home state of California. They are also fighting to attain parental rights over Baby Gabriel, who is due on Sept. 3.

However, West suspects that this is a ploy by the biological parents to terminate Baby Gabriel by refusing to have doctors perform the life-saving surgery on him.

West has offered to renounce any parental rights over Baby Gabriel as long as the biological parents vow to get him the surgery, and they have refused. They have also discussed palliative care for the child with doctors, according to court documents.

However, A.B. and C.D. contend that West is distorting reality and is only after their money, court documents say.

“Unfortunately, there is no way to know if their child will be eligible for the surgeries he needs because West refuses to submit to an amniocentesis [a prenatal test that checks for genetic disorders] because she is afraid she will not get paid for it,” the complaint read.