Physicians Can Use Religious Beliefs as Defense in Insemination Case, Court Rules
A three-judge panel of the 4th District Court of Appeal in San Diego on Friday ruled unanimously that there is enough evidence for two North San Diego County doctors to argue that their religious beliefs prevented them from artificially inseminating an unmarried lesbian, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports.
According to the court, there is a "triable issue of fact" in the doctors' refusal to artificially inseminate Guadalupe Benitez based on her martial status and not her sexual orientation.
Jennifer Pizer, an attorney for Benitez, said she would ask the state Supreme Court to review the ruling (Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12/3).