Baby in Texas Surrogacy Abortion Case Born, Given to Parents

Did Texas rightly save baby Gabriel or did it wrongly interfere in a private medical decision?
Baby in Texas Surrogacy Abortion Case Born, Given to Parents
Above: Ken Paxton at a campaign event in Allen, Texas, on Aug. 4. Image credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

The Spin


Right narrative

Baby Gabriel deserves a fighting chance and Texas stepped up when his own intended parents wouldn't. Commercial surrogacy treats babies like defective products to be returned when they are not perfect, and this case proves it. Every child, born or unborn, deserves protection from adults willing to discard them over a treatable diagnosis.

Left narrative

Gestational contracts exist because intended parents have the right to make medical decisions for their child, and Texas law barging in sets a dangerous precedent for surrogacies nationwide. Under the guise of protecting life, the state is blatantly ignoring the real trauma faced by surrogates and parents — those who need full access to reproductive choices when dealing with devastating defect diagnoses.


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