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California Doctors Can t Refuse Care to Gays on Religious Grounds

Posted on August 19, 2008

Guadalupe Benitez, right, walks with her partner Joanne Clark, left, and their son Gabriel Clark-Benitez. Photo: APWe ve been reading a lot lately about what happens when the religious beliefs of a health care provider conflict with a patient s request for care. The latest comes from California, where the state Supreme Court ruled yesterday that doctors can t refuse to treat gays and lesbians, even when doing so goes against their religious beliefs.Guadalupe Benitez said she was denied fertility treatment because she was gay. The rulings in the case went back and forth as it moved throug...

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