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Rumi's Critical Journey Amid Parentage Battle | Venice Beach News
A baby named Rumi, born with a life-threatening heart defect, just underwent his first of three critical surgeries — the Norwood procedure — but his journey is far from over. Complicating matters is a high-stakes legal battle over parentage: his biological parents from California demanded an abortion upon learning of the condition, but the surrogate from Alaska refused and gave birth in Texas. The Texas Attorney General stepped in to ensure medical care, and courts have ruled the biological parents are responsible for Rumi’s treatment — though the surrogate, who wants to keep him, is…
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