Calif. Court Hears Gay Fertility Case

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Calif. Court Hears Gay Fertility Case

By ELLIOT SPAGAT, Associated Press WriterTue Oct 11,10:56 PM ET

A California appeals court heard arguments Tuesday in the case of a woman who sued her doctors after they refused to artificially inseminate her, allegedly because she is gay.

The physicians are appealing a ruling that prevented them from raising religious freedom as a defense in the test of whether doctors can deny treatment to gays and lesbians.

Attorney Carlo Coppo told California's Fourth District Court of Appeal that religion is relevant to deciding whether his clients wrongly denied fertility treatment to Guadalupe Benitez.

Drs. Christine Brody and Douglas Fenton should be allowed to explain "what went through their hearts and minds when they did what they did," Coppo told the three-judge panel. One of the judges said the case is destined for the U.S. Supreme Court.

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