Texas Battles Birth Tourism and Medical Ethics | Texas News

Texas News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 15, 2026 · 1m

Texas is cracking down on “birth tourism,” suing a Houston postpartum center and probing Rio Grande Valley hospitals for allegedly recruiting foreign women to give birth in the U.S. The move follows a recent GOP platform ban on foreign surrogacy, citing concerns over automatic citizenship for children born here. Meanwhile, a separate high-stakes legal battle centers on two-year-old Annelise Camp, whose family is suing Texas Children’s Hospital to prevent brain death testing — a case that pits medical ethics against parental rights, all unfolding amid intense public scrutiny. Listen in…