Refusal to inseminate lesbian eyed

Refusal to inseminate lesbian eyed

SAN DIEGO — A California appeals court heard arguments Tuesday in the case of a lesbian who sued her doctors after they refused to artificially inseminate her a case that one of the judges said was headed for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Drs. Christine Brody and Douglas Fenton are appealing a state Superior Court ruling that prevented them from raising religious freedom as a defense.

During one hour of arguments, attorney Carlo Coppo told California's Fourth District Court of Appeal that religion was relevant to deciding whether his clients wrongly denied fertility treatment to Guadalupe Benitez in 1999.

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Benitez, 33, sued the doctors and their small practice North Coast Women's Care Medical Group in Vista, north of San Diego in 2000, claiming their actions violated California's anti-discrimination laws.

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