{"id":6097,"date":"2015-02-19T18:33:42","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T02:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6097"},"modified":"2018-03-04T19:10:48","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T03:10:48","slug":"pediatrician-wont-treat-baby-with-2-moms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=6097","title":{"rendered":"Pediatrician won&#8217;t treat baby with 2 moms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u00a0USA Today<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press<\/p>\n<p>DETROIT\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 Sitting in the pediatrician&#8217;s office with their 6-day-old daughter, the <a title=\"http:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/macomb\/2015\/02\/18\/discrimination-birth\/23640315\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/macomb\/2015\/02\/18\/discrimination-birth\/23640315\/\"> two moms couldn&#8217;t wait to meet the doctor<\/a> they had picked out months before.<\/p>\n<p>The Roseville, Mich., pediatrician\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 one of many they had interviewed\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 seemed the perfect fit: She took a holistic approach to treating children. She used natural oils and probiotics. And she knew they were lesbians.<\/p>\n<p>But as Jami and Krista Contreras sat in the exam room, waiting to be seen for their newborn&#8217;s first checkup, another pediatrician entered the room and delivered a major blow: The doctor they were hoping for had a change of heart. After &#8220;much prayer,&#8221; she decided that she couldn&#8217;t treat their baby because they are lesbians. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2015\/02\/18\/doctor-discrimination-baby\/23642091\/\" target=\"_blank\">Full text<\/a>]<!--[endif]----><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0USA Today Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press DETROIT\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 Sitting in the pediatrician&#8217;s office with their 6-day-old daughter, the two moms couldn&#8217;t wait to meet the doctor they had picked out months before. 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