Court to decide if doctors can discriminate
Categories: Pregnancy & birth, 2Moms2Dads
The desire to start a family can be an awful powerful one. If someone wants kids, they'll go through a lot to get them. Guadalupe Benitez went through a lot. She went to North Coast Women's Care, a clinic in the San Diego, California area, but was refused service by both her doctor and the clinic's medical director due to their religious beliefs.State Supreme Court Justice Carol Corrigan, one of the dissenting voices in the recent gay marriage ruling, said that doctors have a choice -- to help everyone or to find another line of work. While that's certainly not a final decision, it's an opinion I completely agree with. It's not up to a couple of doctors to decide who is fit to raise children and who isn't.
This post is part of Blogging for LGBT Families Day 2008.
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Emily 6-03-2008 @ 10:28AM
In my business, we discriminate all the time when we get a good idea that a potential client won't be able to pay. We may ask for a lot of money up front to ensure that we will get paid. Oh, how horrible of us, you liberals say. Go pick any other country to live in your socialist utopia. Leave this one to those of us who believe in liberty, which includes the liberty to run your business as you choose.
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Mihir 6-03-2008 @ 11:53AM
after reading the article, i have to side with the doctors on this one. they gave her a referral to another doctor that could do the procedure. and she did have it done there (though it was not a success). why go back and sue?
this wasn't a life threatening illness, just an elective procedure.
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B 6-03-2008 @ 7:35PM
...so find another clinic. Seems like a rather simple solution. This wasnt' a hospital, it was a private clinic. Private Dr.'s can and do choose who they will provide care for, if you don't like it find another Dr.!
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Jenni 6-03-2008 @ 9:35AM
YES!!! There has got to be a point of I have my right to my beliefs and opinions and can run MY PRIVATE buisness the way I choose. By forcing these doctors to "respect" their rights they are disrespecting the doctors' rights. I'm with your response 100%
Karen 6-03-2008 @ 9:53PM
I agree. Doctors should not be required to perform services that conflict with their beliefs. This was an elective procedure and she could find another office.
Why is it that the woman who wants a child has rights but the doctor does not?
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