tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14215370.post112840426424814573..comments2023-10-31T07:29:17.510-07:00Comments on = LNews =: Canadian Lesbian wins $19K in Clinic DecisionLNewsEditorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15516265929045096334noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14215370.post-1128404311638370602005-10-03T22:38:00.000-07:002005-10-03T22:38:00.000-07:00JIC Post:From LifeSiteNewsMONTREAL, QB – A lesbian...JIC Post:<BR/>From LifeSiteNews<BR/><BR/>MONTREAL, QB – A lesbian woman from Quebec has won a human rights suit she filed after being denied in-vitro fertilization allegedly because of her sexual orientation, forcing the hospital clinic to pay her $19,000. <BR/><BR/>Helen Zylberszac charged that the McGill reproductive centre in Montreal's Royal Victoria Hospital allegedly denied her IVF treatment in 2002 because she was not accompanied by a male partner. “One of the doctors said if I had of shown up with a man, they would have treated me,” she told CTV News.<BR/><BR/>The Quebec Human Rights Commission decreed that the hospital pay her $10,000 in moral damages $9,000 in physical damages. The ruling may be appealed into the regular court system.<BR/><BR/>Policy in some fertility clinics reflected that of adoption agencies, namely that in the best interests of the child, children should be provided with a father and a mother. However, Canada has officially made such determinations illegal in the case of IVF.<BR/><BR/>Federal law enacted in 2004, Bill C-13, states: “Persons who seek to undergo assisted reproduction procedures must not be discriminated against, including on the basis of their sexual orientation or marital status.”LNewsEditorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15516265929045096334noreply@blogger.com