Doctors Settle Case for Denying Lesbian Treatment

[LuvNewcastle]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g8ZK7Fojayeo_0gHnjXKg1tO3hVQD9B1BTGG0

SAN DIEGO — A California woman has settled a lawsuit against her former doctors who denied her artificial insemination based on her sexual orientation, attorneys for both sides said Tuesday.

Guadalupe Benitez, 36, of Oceanside, and her spouse sued doctors at North Coast Women's Medical Group in Vista for discrimination in 2001. California's highest court last year barred the Christian doctors from invoking religious beliefs, ruling state law prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination extends to the medical profession.

Attorneys for the doctors and Benitez said that they settled the case for an undisclosed sum of money.

The doctors said in a statement that they want all of their patients, including those who are lesbian and gay, to feel welcome in their medical practice.

[Liberal_in_LA]

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[tammywammy]

2. recommended n/t

[Louisiana1976]

3. ...

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[friendly_iconoclast]

4. K & R, and so much for the doctors' "deeply held religious beliefs"

When they threatened to cost the defendants serious money, they got dropped like a bad habit...