Joan Ganz Cooney | 07/10/2008 12:00 am

Joan Ganz Cooney: Thankfully, It's Not a Trend

In response to: Should 70-year-old women be given in-vitro fertility treatments?

I don’t think the 70-year-old woman is going to create a big new trend so our opinions probably are pretty irrelevant. That said, I think it’s very unfair to an infant to have a 70-year-old mother who almost certainly will not be able to do anything very active by the time the child is five and has a good chance of not being well or even alive when the child is ten. I think it’s irresponsible of a doctor to give in-vitro fertility treatments to a woman that old or 60 years old, for that matter.

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My Mother was 44 when she had her last child. This brother 13 years younger than me- 17 years younger than my oldest sister. He was embarrassed as a child at how “old” his parents were. Today having children in your 40’s is much more common. But the impact on kids losing their parents when they are young- my Dad died when my 2 youngest brothers were in high school - needs to seriously considered. Also saddling young adults with the “aging parent” problems too early - when they may be raising young children of their own is also a huge burden.

By Kay Sara on 07/10/2008 5:12 am