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Access Denied: Assisted Reproductive Technology Services and the Resurrection of Hill-Burton

By Alliance Alert

This article explores the question of whether or not the Hill-Burton Act may be used by those persons, like Ms. Benitez, who are denied access to assisted reproductive technologies for non-medical reasons, such as marital status or sexual orientation. After documenting the discriminatory treatment of potential ART patients, and then looking at the history and language of the Act along with judicial interpretations thereof, I conclude that Hill-Burton may provide a tool to challenge discrimination in provision of ART services.

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on March 23, 2009 (boomark / email).