DETROIT, MI (AP)-- Two Detroit-area women say they believe a pediatrician refused to care for their infant daughter because they are lesbians and are disappointed that there is no state or federal law to prohibit such a decision.
The Detroit Free Press reports Jami and Krista Contreras of Oak Park selected their daughter's pediatrician before birth, but they learned the decision as they waited in October for the child's first checkup. They say the doctor apologized in a handwritten letter.
Wayne State University Constitutional Law Professor Robert Sedler says there's no Michigan or federal law prohibiting such a decision.
The doctor tells the newspaper she couldn't comment on the case, citing federal privacy law. She defends her commitment to pediatric medicine and helping children, saying her life is taking care of babies.