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- Posted by Jennifer on August 23rd, 2008
61-year-old woman gives birth in Japan
By SHINO YUASA, Associated Press Writer
A 61-year-old Japanese woman gave birth to her own grandchild, using an egg donated by her daughter, a clinic said Thursday.
Surrogate births are extremely rare in Japan and banned by industry groups, but they are not illegal. The Suwa Maternity Clinic in Nagano, northwest of Tokyo, refused to provide information such as the date of the birth or gender of the baby. News reports said the baby was born last year.
The clinic said it performed the procedure because the woman’s daughter has no uterus, but didn’t give details on why she had that condition. The surrogate mother used a fertilized egg donated by her daughter. Read Full Story Here
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