Calif. Court Hears Gay Fertility Case

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(this belongs in a general discussion forum and should not be relegated to the GLBT one)

Calif. Court Hears Gay Fertility Case

By ELLIOT SPAGAT, Associated Press WriterTue Oct 11,10:56 PM ET

A California appeals court heard arguments Tuesday in the case of a woman who sued her doctors after they refused to artificially inseminate her, allegedly because she is gay.

The physicians are appealing a ruling that prevented them from raising religious freedom as a defense in the test of whether doctors can deny treatment to gays and lesbians.

Attorney Carlo Coppo told California's Fourth District Court of Appeal that religion is relevant to deciding whether his clients wrongly denied fertility treatment to Guadalupe Benitez.

Drs. Christine Brody and Douglas Fenton should be allowed to explain "what went through their hearts and minds when they did what they did," Coppo told the three-judge panel. One of the judges said the case is destined for the U.S. Supreme Court.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051012/ap_on_re_us/lesbian_insemination

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1. Slippery slope for doctors and pharmacists, too.

The doctors will argue that it is better for the children in question not to be raised in a gay household. And plead religious conscience.

Some doctors now refuse to treat trial lawyers.

Pharmacists in Wisconsin refused to dispense birth control pills,took away the womens prescriptions, and refused to refer them to a pharmacist who would dispense as written.

Repug Indiana state sen. and nurse Patricia Miller wanted to pass laws prohibiting gay couples from in vitro, and singles, and wanted a test to see if the marrieds were employed, and...big one here...went to a real mainstream house of worship. This was recently boo'ed down...for now.

Society will probably weigh in on this via the courts and set some rules one way or the other. It's not even a matter of morality- this country is so divided that this will be politicized and polarized.

Laws reflect societal mores and the upright and moral liberals will have to deal with radicalrightwingers who want to intrude into peoples private lives.