Blind woman sues fertility clinic for discrimination
DENVER, NOV. 10, 2003 -- Trial begins today in Denver in the case of Kijuana Chambers vs. the Rocky Mountain Woman's Health Care Center.
Kijuana Chambers wanted nothing more than to bear a child. In May 1999, she began fertility treatments at the Rocky Mountain Women's Health Care Center in Englewood, Colo. But after she underwent three rounds of artificial insemination, the Center halted Chambers' treatments. They claimed she would pose a "direct threat" to the health and safety of a baby because she was blind.