Lesbian fertility v. Doctor’s religion: Case heads to California Court
”The case raises a whole series of questions about the basis for which people can be denied medical treatment, particularly the extent to which gays or lesbians could be denied access to reproductive technology.”
Joan Hollinger, a professor of family law at UC Berkely regarding the case of Guadalupe “Lupita” Benitez which is headed to the Supreme Court of California. Benitez told Dr Christine Brody that she is a lesbian and that she was seeking fertility treatments. The doctore responded to Benitez that she would not perform intrauterine insemination on her for religious reasons. The court case apparently boils down to whether the religious doctors may choose turn away from providing services to specific groups of people. Benitez says she was not treated by Brody because of her sexual orientation; Brody’s lawyers insist that the doctor will not provide said fertility services to any unmarried women. (Boston Globe)
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