Old father time

Carol Sarler

19 March 2011

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Becoming a dad past retirement age isn’t miraculous, it’s just selfish

We all assess risk, all the time, and it may well be that the Trelfords found acceptable, for whatever reasons, a degree of probability that you or I might not. What sticks in the craw, however, is the reference to Mrs Trelford’s ‘right’ to be a mother. Donald: ‘Anyone who says I shouldn’t be having a child is saying that Claire should not have a child at all, which I don’t believe anyone is entitled to say about another human being.’

Some people don’t need anyone else to say it for them. Women who carry the gene that gives a child a 50-50 chance of Huntington’s Chorea routinely elect to remain childless. But even if we must, and I do suppose that we must accept the Trelfords’ ‘right’ to conceive a child if they so wish, we must also be at liberty to suggest that their wisdom is another matter altogether.

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ian smith

March 22nd, 2011 5:42pm Report this comment

the nastiest, bitchiest column i have read in a long time. a writer with a problem in my humble, human & non medical view.

D. Short

March 24th, 2011 11:41pm Report this comment

What is this woman's point in writing this rubbish?

Since when did the Spectator become a haven for a Glenda Slagg?

K Doyle

May 12th, 2011 9:42am Report this comment

This is a truly vile personal attack, that seems designed to provoke rather than rationally discuss an issue...an issue that, lets face it love (since you started the patronising sexist twaddle!), is absolutely none of your or our business ! Vile, vile vile!

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