Why just telll me why????

[thesightless]

BIG QUESTIONS

1. can the fetuses live in a post menopausal bloodstream?
2. along the previous lines, will the baby's bones devlope properly, considering osteoperosis may very well be in full swing? again they will be sharing the same blood streams for some time.
3. what are the legal implications that the woman's family have if she dies during birth and it comes out that many doctors disagree with was done? i.e. does the doctor who preformed the fertilization get bound to any liablility if this goes wrong? even worse off, if the children have any seroius defects(retardation, handicapp, weak circulatory/immune systems)

either way, this just doesnt seem right in my humble opinion.

[davetlv]

Re: Why just telll me why????

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4179057.stm

what do you think about that?
i think medicine has gone just a little bit too far
the question raised here is who is more important?the woman who finaly acomplyshed her dream to have a kid or the kid's live who has big chances to become in a couple of years an orfan

Thought i would find original . . . . .

Although i generally believe its a womans right to do with her body as she chooses, something about this leaves a vile taste in my mouth.

I'm sorry for the woman as she was unable to concieve naturally, and spent 9 years having infertility treatments before they were a success, however, what seems to be forgotten here is the future of the child.

Even accepting the fact that the womans family tend to live long, what sort of quality of life will the child have, at say, 4 or 5 years old with a 70+ mother. I can hardly see her rolling around in the sand pit with her child!

However as easy as it might be to condemn the woman for her selfishness, one must also look at the medical team that allowed this procedure to be carried out.

IMHO something has gone terribly wrong when the wishes of a retired woman are given more weight then the future requirements of any child she might have.