E.M. v. Shady Grove Reproductive Science Center P.C.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA E.M., : : Plaintiff, : Civil Action No.: 19-657 (RC) : v. : Re Document No.: 5 : SHADY GROVE REPRODUCTIVE : SCIENCE CENTER P.C., : : Defendant. : MEMORANDUM OPINION DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION I. INTRODUCTION For years, Plaintiff E.M. used the services of Shady Grove Fertility (“SGF”) in an effort to conceive a biological child. But in early 2019, as E.M. was preparing to use six eggs that SGF had frozen for her years earlier, SGF dismissed her as a patient—a decision that E.M. alleges was made in retaliation…