Lesbian Couple Says Michigan Doctor Refused To Treat Their Baby

In this still from a Detroit Free Press video, parents Krista and Jami Contreras discuss the pediatrician who refused to see their six-day-old baby because they were lesbians.
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Two Michigan parents said that a local doctor recently refused to see their six-day-old child because they are lesbians, the Detroit Free Press reported Wednesday.

Jami and Krista Contreras said they made an appointment with pediatrician Vesna Roi at the advice of their midwife, according to television station WJBK. But when they brought their daughter for an appointment with the pediatrician, they said they were met by another doctor who told them that Roi would not treat a baby with two mothers, according to the Free Press.

Roi “didn’t even come to the office that morning because she didn’t want to see us,” Jami Contreras told WJBK.

Roi sent a letter of apology to the parents, later acquired by the Free Press, in which she explained: “After much prayer following your prenatal, I felt that I would not be able to develop the personal patient-doctor relationship that I normally do with my patients.” She added, “Please know that I believe God gives us free choice and I would never judge anyone based on what they do with that free choice.”

Although the incident happened in late 2014, the couple only recently decided to speak about it, according to the Free Press.

Watch a report about the incident from the Detroit Free Press below.

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  1. And I say that the doctors around this guy should refuse to treat him.

  2. Avatar for enon enon says:

    “After much prayer following your prenatal, I felt that I would not be able to develop the personal patient-doctor relationship that I normally do with my patients.” She added, “Please know that I believe God gives us free choice and I would never judge anyone based on what they do with that free choice.”

    maybe it’s my comprehension, but these two sentences seem a tad contradictory.
    but at least s/he’s honest; besides who would want their child seen by someone who can’t deal with the parents.

  3. Avatar for dnl dnl says:

    Religion!!
    What is it good for?
    Absolutely Nuthin! Huh!

  4. I don’t ordinarily try to speak for Jesus? But in this case I’m dead flat certain he would be all up in this doctor’s face saying WHAT THE FUCK IS THE MATTER WITH YOU.

  5. Avatar for whiteb whiteb says:

    SHE should lose HER license if SHE is refusing to treat patients. I don’t know how licensing works in Michigan, but I assume a doctor is supposed to take care of people, not refuse to treat.

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