Procreative Idiocy

A 67-year-old Spanish woman became the world's oldest mother after she gave birth to twins in the northern city of Barcelona on Saturday, a hospital official said. The woman, whose identity has not been revealed by Sant Pau hospital, gave birth by caesarian section on Saturday having previously undergone in vitro fertilization in the United States, according to the national news agency EFE. The previous holder of the oldest mother record was 66-year-old Romanian citizen Adriana Iliescu who gave birth to baby Eliza Maria in Jan. 2005.

• JJ Commentary: Giving human beings god-like control over procreation opens the door to all kinds of stupid, if not immoral, acts. Pity these twins. When they turn 13 their mother will be 80, if still alive.