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'Madness' - AMA president says woman having baby at 62 is 'selfish and wrong'
By Rania Spooner and Broede Carmody
Australian Medical Association president Michael Gannon has slammed the birth of a child to a 62-year-old mother as "selfish," "wrong" and "madness".
The Tasmanian woman, whose age had earlier been reported as being 63, reportedly became the oldest woman to give birth in Australia on Monday.
The girl was born by caesarean section at Frances Perry House private hospital in Parkville, Victoria.
She was born prematurely but is said to be progressing well, along with her mother, Channel Seven reported.
AMA president Michael Gannon.Credit: Bohdan Warchomij
Dr Gannon, an obstetrician and gynaecologist, condemned the birth on Twitter.
"Child starts life in NICU [Neonatal Intensive Care Unit]. Anyone thought ahead to its teens? Selfish, wrong," he wrote.
"This is a rights issue. Consider rights of the child, society, taxpayer. Madness. Not designed to have kids in 60s'."