Sep 16, 2007Quickie Link: Lesbian Mother Sues Fertility Doctors Who Refused to Help Her
By vanrozenheim
(USA) - Guadalupe Benitez, and her partner are suing two San Diego doctors who refused to artificially inseminate her based on religious grounds. In 2001, Doctors Christine Brody and Douglas Fenton denied service to the woman, citing religious objections, although Benitez had been a patient at their fertility clinic for 11 months and was taking fertility drugs prescribed by Dr. Brody. The clinic was the only one covered by her insurance plan. Benitez argued that they violated California's anti-discrimination laws that protect gays and lesbians. "People ask me, 'Why are you doing this? You have your kids,'" she says. "I want to make a difference. These doctors are not God. They cannot manipulate who can have children and who cannot."
