{"id":90,"date":"2009-07-15T17:02:07","date_gmt":"2009-07-15T17:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayethics\/2009\/07\/worlds-oldest-new-mother-dead-at-69.html"},"modified":"2009-07-15T17:02:07","modified_gmt":"2009-07-15T17:02:07","slug":"worlds-oldest-new-mother-dead-at-69","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayethics\/2009\/07\/worlds-oldest-new-mother-dead-at-69.html","title":{"rendered":"World’s Oldest “New” Mother Dead at 69"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in 2006, Maria del Carmen Bousada<\/a> gave birth to a set of twins – at the ripe old age of 66. Three years later, she’s passed away, leaving behind two young children.<\/p>\n

After Bousada became pregnant using in vitro fertilization, questions were raised about the ethics of having a child that far along in life. In fact, Bousada lied in IVF interviews, saying she was a “mere” 55 years, the cut-off age for candidates.<\/p>\n

Hillary wrote a very thoughtful post a while back on the 66-year-old mother in the U.K<\/a>., posing many of the ethical questions surrounding this topic.<\/p>\n

I hate to cast judgments on the dead, but I’m afraid I’m about to — personally, I don’t believe Bousada acted in a responsible manner. A parent has a duty to their child; that duty includes being present in that child’s life as long as is humanely possible. Bousada’s assertion that she would live to a much older age because her mother did was clearly wishful thinking, and a sign that her selfish desire to have children overcame her desire to provide the best for those children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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