Oldest Woman to Give Birth Dies, Raising In Vitro Fertilization Ethics Issues

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how to convert video to blackberry of AL 8:02PM May 16, 2010

Hello there, I just wanted to respond to your post about creating babies in labs. As a 27 year old cervical cancer survivor, I am happy to have the chance to have a biological child of my own in the future using my own eggs. I have cryopreserved them since I had to undergo chemo and radiation. In my eyes, if GOD didn't want IVF to be possible, he wouldn't let babies get their start in a lab. The option I have is nothing short of a miracle and those eggs are precious to me as if they are my own children. Its people like you who are very offensive to me. Nobody has the right to tell a woman shes too young/too old to have a baby. Its her body, if GOD didn't want it to work he wouldn't let it. You've probably been fortunate enough to have biological children of your own, so you will NEVER understand the pain fertility problems cause for people like me. I was planning on starting a family in the next year or two and I responsibly did not do so a few years ago (before I had cancer too) because I could not afford to and I don't believe in having kids that you know the gov't is going to have to pay for. Your comment makes me furious. Your mentality is ignorant and close-minded. The author of this article is also very judgemental, she has no right to judge anyone or decide who should and should not have babies!

T. T. of MN 12:49AM March 04, 2010

Somehow our society has lost its mind. Just because we can enable women to make babies into their 90s doesn't mean we should. There is an optimum childbearing age. Nature never intended for 80-year-olds, 70-year-olds, 60-year-olds nor 50-year olds to procreate. The truth is, that after 35, you are just too damn old to be having kids. Why can't people just gracefully accept this? It just isn't natural for someone at 59 to be lugging around a rug rat. It's retirement time.

Also, anyone under 25 should also refrain from having kids. It's just too young. Having kids isn't for everyone. In fact, most of us really should forgo parenthood. We are already overpopulated, and most people who choose to have children, frankly, are not properly equipped to raise them. That's just the sad reality. If you do not have a stable, well-above average income, with a robust savings account (min. 6 figures in our current economy), a stable life, are married, and own a home, you have no business having kids, using IVF or natural impregnation. The high volume of children that are homeless, in foster homes and in state-run facilities attests to this harsh reality. They are all the products of very bad decisions made by uncaring and unthinking adults. Kids are not for the poor or the weak.

Most people decide to have children based on gratification of their own ego or their own primitive biological drives, and NOT the needs of the child. Prospective parents really need to take a hard look at themselves and ask the tough questions - from the perspective of the NEEDS OF THE CHILD - whether they are fit to become parents while yet adding yet another life to the already burgeoning population.

Forget about the old Biblical edicts dictating "Be fruitful and multiply..." That was written when there were very few of us on the planet and most offspring died (Nature's way of keeping the population in check). Nowadays, we need to think in a more practical way. More like, "Keep it in your pants", or "Use a condom" or "Adopt a needy child". People who adopt children are the true heroes of today. They are doing God's work not only by taking over the job that some irresposible person has failed to do; they are also refraining from contributing to the problem by choosing not to pump out more babies of their own.

There is no mandate for anyone to have kids, using either IVF or the natural way. Adding more of us to this overcrowded planet doesn't help anyone. We can't take care of what we have now, why would anyone even think that churning out yet another kid would be a benefit?

Do something productive: Adopt a child. Adopt a dog. Adopt a cat. Volunteer to help homeless children. Volunteer at a nursing home. Volunteer at a hospital. This is where you can make a positive difference, instead of contributing to our global population problem. You don't need to have kids to be "fulfilled"; there are plenty of other things you can do that help, rather than burden our Mother Earth.

J.S. Meriwether of NY 9:44PM February 07, 2010

omg that is not that old someone can give birth at 90 so 66 is not that old!!

anoymous of IL 11:33AM January 03, 2010