Middle Age Motherhood

There was a story on Slate today asking "Is It Okay to Impregnate a 60-year Old?" In yet another example of bioregulation of female bodies, it sites the statistic that birthrate of women 35 and older has increased by 140% over 30 years and then asks "Is middle-aged motherhood getting out of control?" First of all, since when is 35 middle-aged. And second, while a case of a 66-year old getting artificially inseminated is unusual and ethically problematic, to extrapolated from it to a general need for regulation over "middle-aged motherhood" is yet another example how women's bodies are a site for societal biological regulations and discipline. When a man has a child at 72, no one calls for a stoning. There are some troubling assumptions there about the primary caregiver gender and role that need to be addressed.