It’s a fact that as humans age, the chance of getting cancer increases. Unfortunately for Carmen Bousada and her twin boys, she fell to the disease much earlier than she had expected. Her own mother had lived to 101 years, so she assumed she would have another 30 years or so left to raise her children. Some will argue that assisted fertility at 66 years is irresponsible, yet if Ms. Bousada really could have lived to 100 years in a healthy state, then having children at that age is perfectly reasonable. With technologies to repair humans accelerating daily, it may be the case that Ms. Bousada’ expectations were only slightly ahead of her time.
Here’s more on the story from AP.
Woman Who Gave Birth at age 66 Dies, Leaving behind Twin Toddlers
How tragic. Those poor kids. It’s when you hear stuff like this that really makes you think that some people should have children. Those kids were 2 years old and left with no one to care for them, if there a father, which I don’t think there is, good luck getting child support.