The Heart of a Bitter Surrogacy Battle: What's Really at Stake for This Baby Rumi, the newborn with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), underwent surgery on Monday to address his congenital heart defect.
However, this story goes beyond Rumi's health; it highlights the complexities of surrogacy law and the tension between reproductive rights and parental control.
The case has been marked by allegations of coercion from surrogate mother McKenna West, who claims she was pressured into carrying the pregnancy to term despite her initial reservations.