Ukrainian Doctors Helped A Swiss Woman To Become A Mother Of IVF Twins At The Age Of 66

07.03.2012

The woman, a Swiss pastor and theologian, went to Ukraine to have the treatment using donor eggs.
The births of sons Joshua and Michael by caesarian two weeks ago makes the unnamed woman one of the world's oldest mums.
She said: "It is amazing what is possible medically nowadays."
But the births sparked an ethics row. Josephine Quintavalle, of ethical dilemma group Comment on Reproductive Ethics, said: "We have to learn to say no to these women. It distorts nature. A sense has been created that everybody has a right to have a child, no matter what age.
"No one should consider IVF after they have passed the natural menopause." The mum, from ski resort Gruesch, will be 84 when her twins are 18.
A neighbour said: "It's pure selfishness and not good for the children." But local deputy mayor Lorenz Casutt-Peng said: "Children are our future and it's a good thing that the children and their mother are doing well."
It is illegal to have an egg from a donor implanted in Switzerland.
Farmer's wife Omkari Panwar is believed to be the world's oldest mum. She had twins by IVF in India in 2008 at the age of 70.
Britain's oldest is Elizabeth Adeney, of Suffolk, who was 66 when she had a son in 2009.

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