Obese ’should be barred from IVF’
(sz) Obese women should be refused fertility treatment until they lose weight, IVF say experts.
Whether they are seeking treatment on the NHS or privately, professionals are being urged to deny treatment to women with a Body Mass Index of more than 35.
Where possible, the British Fertility Society says IVF should be offered only when her BMI has dropped below 30 - a figure based on both height and weight.
One obesity expert branded the new guidelines “discriminatory”.
But the British Fertility Society said its new advice was based on what was best for both the mother and her baby.
“Obesity reduces the chances that a woman will conceive naturally and decreases the possibility that fertility treatment will be successful,” said Mr Tony Rutherford, the chair of the BFS’s policy committee. more…
From: »BBC News«