From The L.A. Times:
SAN FRANCISCO -- Two weeks after deciding that same-sex couples are entitled to marry, the California Supreme Court appeared inclined today to rule that physicians may not discriminate against gays in medical treatment, regardless of the doctors' religious views.
During oral argument here, the state high court considered the appeal of Lupita Benitez, a lesbian who claims that two obstetricians in San Diego County declined to perform an intrauterine insemination with donated sperm because of her sexual orientation.
The physicians contend they oppose helping any single woman become pregnant. They maintain they have a constitutionally protected right to their religious views and should not be required to act in opposition to them.
Justice Carol A. Corrigan, apparently skeptical of the doctors' position, asked one of their lawyers whether it is permissible to tell a patient, "I am not going to do it for you because of who you are."
At another point, Corrigan referred to the state's anti-discrimination laws, asking: "You're telling me that freedom of religion should trump statutory regulations?"
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-doctor29-2008may29,0,592068.story?track=rss