The resolution of some ob-gyns in South Florida of not treating patients who are overweight is raising problems among doctors. About 15 obstetrics-gynecology practices out of 105 are refusing to see pregnant women or women who want to be pregnant who are heavier than 200 pounds.

Doctors who adopted this practice defend themselves saying that they are not obesity specialists and that obese women are more alike to suffer from gestational diabetes, high blood pressure, pre-eclampsia and complicated c-sections.

Other doctors attack this idea, saying that actually it makes part of being a doctor, dealing with risk. Moreover, they say doctors should help delivering healthy children and that everyone has the right and should have the opportunity of giving birth to a healthy child, regardless their weight.

Although the refuse of overweight people is not illegal for doctors, this practice is worrying medical ethics experts and lawyers for the obese. Decisions about patients often made after analyzing individual’s condition during an exam and not by ruling an entire group.

Critics alleged that it violates the spirit of the medical profession. According to statistics, in the U. S. there are 93 million obese people.