Surrogate McKenna West has given birth to baby Gabriel after fleeing to Texas, claiming she left after the child's biological parents demanded that she abort the pregnancy.

Surrogate McKenna West has given birth to baby Gabriel after fleeing to Texas, claiming she left after the child's biological parents demanded that she abort the pregnancy. Live Action SO I WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO FLY OUT ON A TUESDAY, I RESCHEDULED, I HAD BEEN AT WORK, AND MY BROTHER, MY OLDER BROTHER, HAD TEXTED ME, UM, DURING THE SAID, HEY, CALL WHEN YOU UM, I JUST WANTNA TALK TO AND SO I GOT OFF WORK, LIKE, 7:30 AT NIGHT AND CALLED MY BROTHER. AND UM, WITH ME HOW DEEPLY HE DID NOT WANT ME TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH WITH AND HE KNEW HOW I FELT ABOUT IT AND HOW SCARED I WAS. AND HE TOLD ME THAT HE HAD TALKED TO HIS THEY WOULD. ADOPT THIS BABY IF IT MEANT A WAY OUT FOR ME. UM, AND HE JUST. HE'S LIKE, WHAT FROM YOU? LIKE, YOU HAVE YOU HAVE YOUR THEY CAN TRY TO COME AFTER MONEY THAT YOU DON'T HAVE. WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. YOU'LL BE TAKEN CARE OF. AND HE JUST LET ME KNOW LOVED ME. AND WHATEVER I CHOSE, HE WAS HERE. FOR ME. UM, BUT THAT JUST GAVE ME SO MUCH COURAGE AND SO MUCH HOPE OF A WAY OUT AND THAT I DO THIS. IT WAS SCARY. FACING FINANCIAL RUIN WAS SCARY, BUT NOTHING WAS SCARIER THAN QUESTIONING MY OWN SOUL AND KNOWING WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THIS BABY. BOY, UM, FLEW TO SEATTLE AND HIS LIFE DOESN'T HAVE A PRICE THERE'S NOTHING THAT THEY COULD TRY TO COME AFTER ME FOR THAT WOULD BE WORTH HIS LIFE. AND THAT WAS A PIVOTAL CONVERSATION. HOW DID IT FEEL AFTER THAT CONVERSATION AND YOU REALISING YOU WERE NOT ALONE? THAT WANTED TO HELP YOU? I FELT HOPE AND PEACE, WHICH I HAD NOT FELT AT ALL FOR WEEKS AT THIS POINT. AND ON THE PHONE WITH HIM, I TOLD HIM I WOULD REACH OUT TO, UM, A FRIEND OF MINE, ELLEN, WHO KNOWS YOU, AND THAT I WOULD JUST SEE WHAT COULD BE DONE.