Women in their 50s and 60s who conceive after fertility treatment are just as capable of being good parents as women in their 30s and 40s, a study has shown…

Even though they run greater risks of complications during pregnancy and childbirth, once their children are born they are just as good at raising them…

Bill Ledger, professor of obstetrics at the University of Sheffield, said: “The problem I have is not what happens to mothers at 50 to 55. What worries me is what happens when their children are 18 and they are in their 70s and 80s. I am not in favour of banning things but I am concerned for the welfare of a child whose parents are as old as its peers’ grandparents.”

Source: The Independant
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article1919324.ece