Submitted on Wednesday 19th February 2025
Rejected on Friday 28th March 2025
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Scrap BMI being the deciding factor or IVF
To look at other ways to determine weight for BMI. Consider race, muscle mass and other body factor.
I have been trying for a baby for over 4 years and have been told to have the IVF support I need I have to be under 30 BMI. I am a curvy mixed races women who goes to the gym 5 times a week and is in a calorie deficit. My body is natural heavier as I am muscly but to look at me I’m not obese. Something need to be done or discussed can’t imagine how many other women must feel robbed of motherhood
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions must call for a specific action that the UK Government or House of Commons is responsible for.
Decisions about access to IVF are a clinical matter for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, the NHS and individual clinicians, not the Government or House of Commons.
We could accept a petition calling on the Government to review access to IVF for people with a high BMI, if that's something you would like to happen.
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