Bias in Lesbian Fertility Case
July 28, 2005 | 
News Reports
A woman in San Diego received 11 months of fertility treatment but was denied insemination because she is a lesbian. The two doctors involved cited personal religious beliefs as the reason, and the California Medical Association has appealed a lawsuit on behalf of the doctors (who had originally lost the case). Here is a quote from the article:
The law seems quite clear that a sincere religious belief does not exempt you from otherwise applicable civil rights laws. Medical ethics are clear that it is improper to refuse care based on medically irrelevant personal characteristics of the patient.
And yet pharmacists are allowed to refuse to dispense the morning after pill based on their religious beliefs. What’s with that?
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