Emphasis Preaching Journal

In 2008, Rajo Devi Lohan of India made worldwide headlines by becoming the world's oldest new mom at age seventy by means of in vitro fertilization. For her and her eighty-year-old husband, it was worth taking out the massive loan to pay for the procedure because to be barren in that culture carries a huge stigma. In fact, she suffered major complications after giving birth, to the point that she was reported to be dying two years later, sparking a great deal of controversy regarding the ethics of impregnating a woman of that age.