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/^t/Fertility clinics help sterile couples fulfil their dream to have a child. They may choose a donor of sperm or an egg to be either a member of their family, or a friend, or an unknown person from a catalogue. Such catalogues are issued by sperm banks. They specify height, hair colour, eye colour, religious and educational backgrounds, even IQ. It seems to be fair, as donors and recipients should be matched as closely as possible. But it would mean that we have entered the era of 'designer babies', where future parents 'order' a child with certain features. Sometimes it occurs to be controversial when, for example, a black mother (using donor eggs) gives birth to a white child. Then, perhaps it should be regulated that the race of parents and their child should be the same. But what about age restrictions? Is there any upper limit on the age at which women can bear children? Many women in their forties or fifties delayed marriage and childbearing to pursue careers, only to discover how difficult it was to conceive. Seeing a chance of experiencing motherhood thanks to artificial insemination they resorted to it.