Date published: 2009/06/12
The BBC says:
An urgent public debate on the trend for women to delay motherhood is needed, leading doctors say.
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists will publish evidence on Monday about the increased medical risks of pregnancy for older mothers.
Doctors are also concerned many women still do not understand how rapidly fertility declines after the age of 35.
But other experts said progress in the health service meant the NHS could cope with the trend.
Doctors are the worst control freaks of all. When they say there should be a "debate" they mean that they should have power over people to decide what is and is not allegedly best for them. Needless to say, they haven't a clue what is and is not best for people, and they should certainly have no power in this way. Although the patronising doctors might think otherwise, older women know full well there are "increased medical risks of pregnancy". On the other hand, older women are generally wiser and richer, which are two important compensating factors that make it not unlikely they are just as good if not better parents than younger women.
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