Opinion of people having children when they are past middle age?

[Kingpoleon]

I don't think we should pass a blanket judgment on people who might each have their own reasons and come from situations we don't understand, but yeah, I guess it's usually not a great idea.

That's true. This is mostly directed at people who make a conscious choice to have a child under these parameters. Accidentally getting pregnant but being strongly pro-life I suppose would be acceptable but it doesn't change the issues at hand.

... So being pro-choice makes certain circumstances where you should abort your own child?

[Kingpoleon]

I can kind of sympathize with Virginia's point, but the thing is there are a lot of other factors that can lead to the death of a parent besides old age. I mean, the chance is obviously higher the older you are, I guess I'm just saying that the potential for death doesn't seem like a very compelling argument for not having kids to me, since that potential is always going to be there no matter what.

I agree. For example: "People who work in dangerous industries(active military, police, SWAT teams, etc.) shouldn't have kids." Does that not sound stupid? This line of reasoning therefore either lacks, at least to some extent, logical consistency or common sense.