New Zealand’s BMI threshold for publicly funded fertility treatment is outdated and unethical. Here’s why it should go

By Carina Truyts, Associate Research Fellow (Deakin) and Research Officer, Monash University
Nelly Martin-Anatias, Lecturer of Academic English at Massey University College, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
Sharyn Graham Davies, Director, Herb Feith Indonesian Engagement Centre, Monash University

Māori and Pacific women are particularly disadvantaged by the BMI limit on access to public fertility treatment. Research shows Polynesians are much leaner than Europeans at significantly higher BMIs.

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