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Re: Michigan lesbian couple says pediatrician denied baby care due to sexual orientat
Though this is purely subjective, and has no bearing on whether the doctor does, or does not have a legal obligation to see the child, it strongly appears that the doctor's practice was not "exclusionary" in nature.
In other words, the doctor was not say, a Jewish ultra orthodox doctor whose patients are exclusively members of the hasidic movement and who advertises for business only in Yiddish / Hebrew publications and avoids personal contact with anybody who is not fully committed to Orthodox judaism. Neither was the doctor an ultra conservative mennonite in rural Montana with a similar practice and assosciations. There is also no indication that the lesbians sought out such an "exclusionary" doctor to make a point.
Though such a status by a doctor has no legal bearing, it would make the refusal more understandable. Likewise, the absence of such a status seems to make the doctor's refusal less supportable.
Though this is purely subjective, and has no bearing on whether the doctor does, or does not have a legal obligation to see the child, it strongly appears that the doctor's practice was not "exclusionary" in nature.
In other words, the doctor was not say, a Jewish ultra orthodox doctor whose patients are exclusively members of the hasidic movement and who advertises for business only in Yiddish / Hebrew publications and avoids personal contact with anybody who is not fully committed to Orthodox judaism. Neither was the doctor an ultra conservative mennonite in rural Montana with a similar practice and assosciations. There is also no indication that the lesbians sought out such an "exclusionary" doctor to make a point.
Though such a status by a doctor has no legal bearing, it would make the refusal more understandable. Likewise, the absence of such a status seems to make the doctor's refusal less supportable.
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