A5. Certain IVF clinics have successfully claimed to make 60 year old women desirous of children to be mothers of their own child.Is itpossible analyse the claim critically
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The in vitro fertilization (IVF) process that led to the conception of Louise Brown born on July 25, 1978, world's first test tube baby was hotly debated within medical and religious circles alike. Nonetheless, since Louise's birth in 1978, over 1 million children have been born using this procedure. At 20 weeks of pregnancy, a female fetus has 6–7 million of eggs. By the time the woman is 30 years, she will have lost nearly 90% of her eggs and at the age of 40 years, only around 3% of eggs are left. Most women are no longer able to become naturally pregnant in their mid-40s. However, while a woman's eggs have an expiry date, the uterus, where a fertilized egg will grow, does not.
“The bottom line is that the uterus can function just about until the death of the woman.”
Advancement in assisted reproductive techniques is extending the boundaries of biological reproduction. While it seems there are no longer biological constraints to pregnancy past menopause, the risk of dangerous complications associated with carrying a child and giving birth significantly increase as a woman ages. Generally speaking, any woman who reaches 35 years and beyond and becomes pregnant is called older mother.
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no since after the age of 60 years the ovary will stop producing eggs but in IVF the egg is fused with the sperm as egg will not be produced their will be no fusion of gamete therefore no child can be made.