How old is too old?

The availability of fertility treatment has led to post menopausal women being able to have children. Stories of women in their 60s giving birth are becoming a regular feature in the news.





However many men require no special medical treatments to be able to father children unitl the day they die.




If we object to older women becoming parents should we also object to older men fathering children?




In June 2010 Dennis Ealam hit the headlines by becoming the Uk's oldest father, aged 76. His wife is 36.
Whether through the use of IVF or naturally, should there be an upper age limit on becoming a parent?
If so how could this be enforced?

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