A wealthy divorced 66 year-old British woman, Elizabeth Adeney, has decided to get pregnant and is the oldest woman in Britain to become a mother. Elizabeth, who used donated eggs and sperm, is set to give birth in June via a C-section and this has once again fueled the ethical debate about helping older women to conceive.

“I’m shocked by the idea of a 66-year-old woman giving birth,” says Professor Severino Antinori, specialized in fertility problems. “I respect the choice medically, but I think anything over 63 is risky, because you cannot guarantee the child will have a loving mother or family.”

“It is possible to give a child to the mother up to the age of 83, but it is medically criminal to do this,” he said, “because the likelihood is that, after a year or two, the child will lose his mum and suffer from psychological problems.”

Elizabeth declined to comment on this subject and says this was her own personal choice. I don’t want to sound too conservative but if a 60 year-old women can’t naturally have children there is a good reason for it. Mother Nature knows best!

The oldest woman to give birth was the 70 year-old Omkari Panwar from India, who had twins just last year.