Baby at center of LA-Texas surrogacy legal battle undergoes heart surgery: Attorney

A newborn with a serious heart condition was born through surrogacy and became the subject of a legal dispute involving the surrogate. The baby had open heart surgery to treat the condition. The case involved disagreement between the surrogate and the biological parents over whether to continue the pregnancy.

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