A medical clinic's physicians cannot withhold fertility treatments to homosexuals based on religious beliefs, as this violates the California Unruh Civil Rights Act.
By ReligiousLiberty.TV • March 3, 2026 • U.S. Const. amend. I
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Benitez v. North Coast Women's Care Medical Group (2008).
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Benitez v. North Coast Women's Care Medical Group (State Appellate Court, 2008). https://religiousliberty.tv/case-library/benitez-v-north-coast-womens-care/
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Benitez v. North Coast Women's Care Medical Group [State Appellate Court, 2008] — A medical clinic's physicians cannot withhold fertility treatments to homosexuals based on religious beliefs, as this violates the California Unruh Civil Rights Act. Source: ReligiousLiberty.TV (https://religiousliberty.tv/case-library/benitez-v-north-coast-womens-care/, accessed October 24, 2026).
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Holding: A medical clinic's physicians cannot withhold fertility treatments to homosexuals based on religious beliefs, as this violates the California Unruh Civil Rights Act.
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Benitez v. North Coast Women's Care Medical Group is a Free Exercise case decided by the State Appellate Court in 2008. The court held that a medical clinic's physicians cannot withhold fertility treatments to homosexuals based on religious beliefs, as this violates the California Unruh Civil Rights Act.