[Spunky]

Same-Sex Couple Blames Discrimination After Pediatrician Allegedly Refuses to See Their Newborn"

[Steve_Seattle]

I now see more clearly what happened in the case of the Michigan doctor. First of all, care was not denied to the infant, nor was it even delayed. The patient was referred to a doctor in the same clinic, who saw the patient on the same day.

Secondly, the doctor's concern was with her ongoing relationship with the lesbian parents, and had nothing to do with the child. The doctor/parent/patient relationship is very important and fragile, and it is important that doctor and client share the same values and the same worldview. The doctor saw that this was not the case, so referred the family to another doctor more sympathetic to their values. This is NORMAL - doctors and patients, lawyers and clients, make these kinds of decisions every day.

[Rodamala]

Coersion of an individual into a binding contract that is not in their best interest (as the individual defines it), is involuntary servitude.

See 13A:

Section 1.Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a
punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly
convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject
to their jurisdiction.

Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by
appropriate legislation.