Even though women live longer than men in most developed countries yet motherhood is considered appropriate only for the younger ones, a belief that needs to be changed, a leading Indian expert said here.
"We tend to go by the stereotype that a mother should be a young person. While young age is an advantage, older women have an equal right to motherhood," Dr N Pandiyan, chief consultant in andrology and reproductive medicine at Tamil Nadu's Chettinad Hospital said at an International conference of Gynaecologists here.
150 experts from India, UK and the Middle East attended the conference that was inaugurated by Lord Winston, a leading gynaecologist here.
According to Pandiyan, age should not be a barrier for women who seek motherhood and women who are fit enough to bear a child should not be discouraged whatever their age be.
"Any woman who is fit enough to go through pregnancy and childbirth should be offered that opportunity by all available means. Arguing that she may not live to see her child through teenage years is specious," he said.
"Many women who were denied motherhood for medical reasons are now having successful pregnancies and deliveries; women with kidney diseases, juvenile diabetes, liver or kidney transplant and more," he said.
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