Biological parents reveal why they asked surrogate to terminate pregnancy after baby was diagnosed with serious heart condition, as surrogate refuses and seeks custody of critically ill newborn

The biological parents of a critically ill newborn have spoken publicly about the heartbreaking circumstances behind their request for a surrogate to terminate her pregnancy after their unborn son was diagnosed with a serious heart condition.

Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed hired 28-year-old nurse McKenna West to carry their child after years of unsuccessful fertility treatment. According to a report by Daily Mail, Gilkar told a Dallas court on Tuesday that she had gone through eight failed rounds of IVF before undergoing a hysterectomy.