IS ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION A DOUBLE - EDGED SWORD?

By Roxana-Elena Sava, Correspondante en Roumanie

On January 16th 2005 the Romanians were shocked to find out that their country was the setting of a new world record: a 66 year old woman had given birth to a child.

For more than a week this had been one of the top news, as the media dug in the story, trying to offer to the public more and more details.

The case of Adriana Iliescu, the oldest mother in the world, generated many discussions and caused a split in the public opinion, between the people who approved her action and expressed their admiration, and the ones who condemned her as irresponsible.