Do you think over weigh women should be allowed to have fertility treatment?

Question

I was listening to the news on the radio this morning and they said that they were planning to refuse fertility treatment to over weight women.
In my opinion this is total discrimination.
What do you think?

Jacob: For your information, I did check into it and the risk factor s 0.07%. If you read my question I said over weight women not obese women as you seem to be talking about. Please read the question before ranting

Answer 1

That is discrimination and that's very funny to me because just yesterday morning i was watching, the news and they say its true that women who weigh more do have healthier SMARTER children. its a fact now.

but I'm not sure about overweight women, either way there is really no complications in child birth when over weight women give birth unless its a personal problem.

and i hope you mean just about 25 pounds over weight because other wise I'm sure a complication will be found
but either way its the woman's personal choice. (she can OBVIOUSLY take of her self and feed herself so why not a baby.)

Answer 2

Well it would depend on how overweight she is. Sometimes obesity is a very dangerous thing for both baby and mother, putting extra weight on can be potentially deadly for the mother and the baby can have all kinds of problems, if it even survives. I think it would be best to have the mother to be put on some sort of weight loss program so that she can get to a safe weight, and I know that I'm going to get so many thumbs down for this, but it is best all around.

Answer 3

I dont think its discrimination - For the NHS to turn down women who are obese just makes sense to me. They should also turn down smokers and alcohol absusers too.

I dont think the NHS should be offering fertility treatment AT ALL, especially when they're seriously lacking in basic emergency care. To turn down women who have health problems due to their lifestyle is a great idea - it may inspire them to change and as a result these people may well end up becoming less of a drain on resources because they're no longer obese.

Private IVF treatment is a completely different matter... if you are willing to pay for it then go for it!!

Answer 4

Why don't you state the medical reasoning behind this as well, or didn't you bother to check that out? The risk factors for overweight women for this procedure is extreme, therefore the refusal to perform an unnecessary treatment.

BTW people, this is an elective medical procedure, meaning the person doesn't need it, they simply want it. Since the procedure would then be solely a patient's choice, then any doctor or medical board can refuse to perform it, especially on the grounds that such a procedure entails too great a risk to the patient. This isn't discrimination.

And even if it wasn't risky, no doctor has to perform an elective medical procedure if they choose not to, which this is.

Answer 5

I dont think ANY woman should have fertility treatment on the nhs to be honest, not when there are so many other things that need priority in funding at the moment - MRSA, cleanliness, staffing, nurses wages, and more. People are dying because the nhs can't pay for new drugs, nurses are quitting because they have no faith in the nhs anymore, entire hospitals are shutting down because they cant afford to run them anymore. Spending thousands of pounds for each person's fertility treatment just doesn't make sense to me

Answer 6

I think a situation like that all depends. If someone can hardly get out of bed because they weigh too much there are things they should be working on rather than having children.

but if the person is over weight and not considered obese or having health problems over their weight its completley discrimination

Answer 7

Some women are a little overweight but th stress of treatment makes them lose a bit of weight. If the woman is classed as obese then i think it does put a bit of a strain on things.,

Answer 8

there are very strict guids as to what is overweight and what is not, the whole oevr weight issue is so complex and each case should be looked at individually on its own merits. Its not fair to say someone who is maybe 10lbs overweight should be discriminated against, after all, most of the people around you are at least a few lbs overweight, but what about people who are several stone overweight... well that is a different matter

Answer 9

I think that is both pathetic and cruel, you don't have to be a stick insect to make a good mother, the majority of women put a good few stones on while pregnant and some never lose it once the baby is born, what are they going to do to those moms, take their baby off them and tell them they can't have it back until they've lost weight, what is this country coming to by telling people who are overweight they are not fit to be a parent, so damn cruel.

Answer 10

That's sooo ridiculous! Who's going to decide how fat is too fat and since when does good parenting have to do with a person's appearance!
Before anyone starts ragging on the fact that weight has an effect on health, don't forget, they'll be after you next for being too skinny !