Call for fertility ban for obese(UK)

BBC ^ | 30 Aug 2006 | BBC

[miliantnutcase]

What's the next step? Deny Jews welfare?

[Hoodlum91]

Exactly. Same thing with hypothyroidism.

[TexasRepublic]

Welcome to the happy world of Eugenics. The State is omnipotent and knows best who should breed and who shouldn't. The next phase is forced sterilization of irresponsible people who eat too much, followed by post-natal birth control.

[justshutupandtakeit]

How did this outbreak of sanity occur?

[justshutupandtakeit]

Of course they didn't. They can hardly stand period.

[Question_Assumptions]

My wife has PCOS and I've been to medical conferences about it with her. I actually can believe that a lot of the woman who are obsese (especially those who don't eat huge amounts of junk food) do have PCOS. The estimates I've seen is that 5 to 10 percent of women of child-bearing age have PCOS to some degree. As someone else mentioned, thyroid problems can cause similar problems.

[stompk]

"Most men already deny fertility treatment to obese women."

thats why beer was invented

[SampleMan]

thats why beer was invented

Generally speaking, beer will only take off 40 pounds. Sixty pounds in an emergency. Beyond that, the amount of alcohol required to "drink her pretty" becomes so great that the male is unconscious or otherwise unable to rise to the occasion.

[stompk]

excellent.