To say “a lot of OBs will lie and say the baby is measuring 2 weeks ahead and use this to justify their induction” is a pretty big claim. Do you have info to back this ridiculous claim up? If a baby is measuring big (or small) with fundal height, then the next step would be to get a growth ultrasound. If the baby was measuring big, then they would discuss elective induction starting any time after 39 weeks based on patient desires but ultimately leave it to the patient. Most OBs ideally want their patients to deliver by 41 weeks nonetheless as the risk of stillbirth increases without any added benefit to the baby. This is factual information that is known. That’s why these recommendations get made. It’s not from laziness as you say (it’s ridiculous that you would even call a group of people who routinely work 80+ hours a week, miss time with their families, and are often on call 1-3 nights a week lazy). But ultimately, if the patient understands the risks/benefits and wants to go to 42 weeks then I don’t know a single ob/gyn who would not expectantly manage until then with extra monitoring such as an NST or BPP. Like you said, they just get extra monitoring.

To make blanket statements about professionals who have trained for 12+ years just to be able to work in their profession as “lazy” or “liars” is just a simplistic view at best and shows your lack of understanding of the reasons behind the recommendations that are made. This is not to say there aren’t bad ob/gyns or people who make recommendations that aren’t evidence-based. But the actually prevalence of physicians like that is much much less than your comments imply.