[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...hmmm but then could the same not be said of say a gay couple becoming parents..or someone who couldn't naturally conceive having a child by insemination etc...I mean I remember not all that long ago, 40yrs old + was considered very late to have a child and taking health risks and now this lady in her 60's is able to become pregnant..maybe there are more health risks with that but I'm assuming that the treatment wouldn't have been given in the first place, were it not felt fairly safe for her/viable etc....

Yes, of course. But beyond being unable to have children at any age, the body cannot cope with pregnancy beyond a certain age as the body becomes frailer and cannot handle the same things a much younger body can.

Helping the infertile and homosexuals to have children in different ways is all well and good but this is something different I feel personally.

It's like sending a man in his 70s with his rusty back, knees and arthritis to go and do heavy lifting for a living because it's discriminatory and ageist to turn him down despite the obvious differences between him and a fit as a fiddle 25 year old.

I think our society takes the positive "You can do anything at any time, it's never too late" attitude to extremes at times. Things happen for a reason.

If a woman can't have children because her body is not suitable for carrying a baby, they go down the adoption, surrogacy or any of the other routes to achieve their dream of having children. Their body won't allow a natural conception for a reason.
Your body not allowing you to naturally conceive a child at a certain age is doing so for a reason, both for the mother and the potential offspring.