Surrogate McKenna West breaks down describing abortion procedure at over 20 weeks during court battle with baby’s biological parents

DALLAS — The surrogate mother who refused to terminate her pregnancy despite the wishes of the baby’s biological parents, broke down on the stand describing in painful detail how the abortion would have gone.

McKenna West gave an emotional testimony about the late-term procedure during a court hearing Tuesday on whether a temporary restraining order preventing her from making decisions about the critically ill baby would be upheld.

The 28-year-old nurse from Alaska called the idea of an abortion after the baby was 20 weeks “terrifying.” So she instead fled to Texas to carry the child to full-term despite his parents’ wishes to abort the child after learning he had a life-threatening but treatable heart condition.

McKenna West, center, walks in a hallway before a court hearing in Dallas, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. AP Photo/LM Otero
Biological parents Nasheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed arrive with their attorneys at the Dallas County Courthouse on Tuesday. Avi S. Adelman

“I knew that I wanted to protect him and I knew he deserved to be protected,” West told the court.

She tearfully described the procedure she refused to undergo — despite being contractually obligated to do so.

West refused to abort the child despite Gilkar and Ahmed’s wishes. Megyn Kelly/Sirius XM

“It would have been a two-day procedure…they would have injected his heart with a solution that would stop it,” West described while tearing up.

Two days later, the fetus would have been removed, she said.

“It was terrifying.”

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