Above is a CPAP sales and info booth in a major Midwest mall. CPAP machines treat sleep apnea, a brutal disorder on the rise thanks, in part, to American obesity. We are now so fat that dropping by the midway's CPAP booth is as mundane as hitting the Sunglass Hut and Orange Julius. We're fat. Not news. But all that blubber is a lifestyle choice. The consequence of living well. No regrets. So you may get sleep apnea; other than killing yourself early (which some argue is economically beneficial) or making flights to Houston even more uncomfortable, where's the harm? Well, for starters, a mountain of recent data shows being obese during pregnancy is as dangerous as being a pregnant alcoholic. And a one-two punch of IVF and the "fetal personhood" movement could easily make criminals of the pregnant fat. READ MORE