Benitez v. North Coast Women’s Care Medical Group

Q: What court decided North Coast Women's Care Medical Group?

Benitez v. North Coast Women's Care Medical Group was decided by the State Appellate Court in 2008.

Q: What legal issues are involved in North Coast Women's Care Medical Group?

Benitez v. North Coast Women's Care Medical Group involves the following religious liberty issues: Free Exercise, Healthcare & Conscience, LGBTQ & Religious Liberty.

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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March 3, 2026 1 min read

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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] — 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 July 12, 2026).

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Year: 2008 Court: State Appellate Court

Free Exercise Healthcare & Conscience LGBTQ & Religious Liberty

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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ANALYSIS: California Supreme Court unanimously rules that physicians cannot withhold fertility treatments to homosexuals August 18, 2008

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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.