Miriam Farinelli, head of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, poses for a photograph ahead of the referendum on September 26th in San Marino, one of the smallest countries in Europe, on September 15, 2021. Picture taken September 15, 2021. REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini 

Miriam Farinelli, head of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, poses for a photograph ahead of the referendum on September 26th in San Marino, one of the smallest countries in Europe, on September 15, 2021. Picture taken September 15, 2021. REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini 

Some of the thousands of masks that have been donated by community members are seen in the car of University of Washington infectious diseases, gynecology and women’s health researcher Dr. Kristina Adams Waldorf after her home became a de facto donation site, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at her home in Seattle, Washington, U.S. March 22, 2020. REUTERS/David Ryder 

University of Washington infectious diseases, gynecology and women’s health researcher Dr. Kristina Adams Waldorf holds some of the thousands of masks that have been donated by community members after her home became a de facto donation site, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at her home in Seattle, Washington, U.S. March 22, 2020. REUTERS/David Ryder 

University of Washington infectious diseases, gynecology and women’s health researcher Dr. Kristina Adams Waldorf poses with thousands of masks donated by community members after her home became a de facto donation site, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at her home in Seattle, Washington, U.S. March 22, 2020. REUTERS/David Ryder 

A bathroom at the gynecology hospitalization area of the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) hospital is seen in Caracas, Venezuela August 8, 2018. Picture taken August 8, 2018. REUTERS/Marco Bello 

Ventzislav Vanguelov (L), an obstetrics and gynecology doctor, gives instructions to physician's assistant Celena Pollock (C) at Nuestra Clinica de Valle women's clinic in San Juan, Texas, September 22, 2015. Four years after cutting off funding for Planned Parenthood, the state of Texas says it has been able to rebuild its safety net, in what could be a model for Republicans in Congress who hope to defund the nation's largest family planning provider at the national level. Picture taken September 22, 2015. REUTERS/Delcia Lopez 

The Central Park statue of Dr. James Marion Sims is pictured along 5th Ave in the Manhattan borough of New York, March 20, 2014. Sims, long revered as the father of modern gynecology, was more recently found to have experimented on female slaves. Changing U.S. attitudes and values involving race, gender, and other issues are prompting demands to tear down decades-old statues of heroes now seen as villains by Americans who say history is not written in stone. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT OBITUARY MEDIA) 

The Central Park statue of Dr. James Marion Sims is pictured along 5th Ave in the Manhattan borough of New York, March 20, 2014. Sims, long revered as the father of modern gynecology, was more recently found to have experimented on female slaves. Changing U.S. attitudes and values involving race, gender, and other issues are prompting demands to tear down decades-old statues of heroes now seen as villains by Americans who say history is not written in stone. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT OBITUARY MEDIA) 

Victoria Ochante, 65, collects recyclable garbage at dawn at a street in Villa Maria del Triunfo, on the outskirts of Lima February 28, 2012. Ochante came from the highlands of Ayacucho about 30 years ago and has been trying to make a living the past year by recycling garbage. She hopes to make enough money by collecting bottles, cans and other recyclable objects so that she can get a gynecological operation. Older adults especially women, who do not have retirement plans, are forced to develop strategies for survival, otherwise they will be economically dependent and socially vulnerable, according to The National Institute of Statistics and Information. Women in Peru will observe International Women's Day on March 8. Picture taken February 28, 2012. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo (PERU - Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY HEALTH) 

Victoria Ochante, 65, cooks with recycled wood at her home in Ticlio Chico in Villa Maria del Triunfo, on the outskirts of Lima February 28, 2012. Ochante came from the highlands of Ayacucho about 30 years ago and has been trying to make a living the past year by recycling garbage. She hopes to make enough money by collecting bottles, cans and other recyclable objects so that she can get a gynecological operation. Older adults especially women, who do not have retirement plans, are forced to develop strategies for survival, otherwise they will be economically dependent and socially vulnerable, according to The National Institute of Statistics and Information. Women in Peru will observe International Women's Day on March 8. Picture taken February 28, 2012. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo (PERU - Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY HEALTH) 

Victoria Ochante and her grandson Diego return home after selling recyclable materials in Villa Maria del Triunfo on the outskirts of Lima March 6, 2012. Ochante came from the highlands of Ayacucho about 30 years ago and has been trying to make a living the past year by recycling garbage. She hopes to make enough money by collecting bottles, cans and other recyclable objects so that she can get a gynecological operation. Older adults especially women, who do not have retirement plans, are forced to develop strategies for survival, otherwise they will be economically dependent and socially vulnerable, according to The National Institute of Statistics and Information. Women in Peru will observe International Women's Day on March 8. Picture taken March 6, 2012. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo (PERU - Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY HEALTH) 

The bottles that Victoria Ochante is selling are shown in Villa Maria del Triunfo on the outskirts of Lima March 6, 2012. Ochante came from the highlands of Ayacucho about 30 years ago and has been trying to make a living the past year by recycling garbage. She hopes to make enough money by collecting bottles, cans and other recyclable objects so that she can get a gynecological operation. Older adults especially women, who do not have retirement plans, are forced to develop strategies for survival, otherwise they will be economically dependent and socially vulnerable, according to The National Institute of Statistics and Information. Women in Peru will observe International Women's Day on March 8. Picture taken March 6, 2012. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo (PERU - Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY HEALTH) 

Victoria Ochante, 65, returns home after work in the shanty town Ticlio Chico in Villa Maria del Triunfo, on the outskirts of Lima March 2, 2012. Ochante came from the highlands of Ayacucho about 30 years ago and has been trying to make a living the past year by recycling garbage. She hopes to make enough money by collecting bottles, cans and other recyclable objects so that she can get a gynecological operation. Older adults especially women, who do not have retirement plans, are forced to develop strategies for survival, otherwise they will be economically dependent and socially vulnerable, according to The National Institute of Statistics and Information. Women in Peru will observe International Women's Day on March 8. Picture taken March 2, 2012. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo (PERU - Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY HEALTH) 

Victoria Ochante, 65, rests next to her daughter Hilda after work at her home in the shanty town Ticlio Chico in Villa Maria del Triunfo, on the outskirts of Lima March 6, 2012. Ochante came from the highlands of Ayacucho about 30 years ago and has been trying to make a living the past year by recycling garbage. She hopes to make enough money by collecting bottles, cans and other recyclable objects so that she can get a gynecological operation. Older adults especially women, who do not have retirement plans, are forced to develop strategies for survival, otherwise they will be economically dependent and socially vulnerable, according to The National Institute of Statistics and Information. Women in Peru will observe International Women's Day on March 8. Picture taken March 6, 2012. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo (PERU - Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY HEALTH) 

A buyer of recyclable materials carries a bag of plastics bottles which he bought from Victoria Ochante, 65, in Villa Maria del Triunfo on the outskirts of Lima, March 6, 2012. Ochante came from the highlands of Ayacucho about 30 years ago and has been trying to make a living the past year by recycling garbage. She hopes to make enough money by collecting bottles, cans and other recyclable objects so that she can get a gynecological operation. Older adults especially women, who do not have retirement plans, are forced to develop strategies for survival, otherwise they will be economically dependent and socially vulnerable, according to The National Institute of Statistics and Information. Women in Peru will observe International Women's Day on March 8. Picture taken March 6, 2012. The banner reads, "Buy Scrap". REUTERS/Mariana Bazo (PERU - Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY HEALTH) 

Ivan, a buyer, collects plastic bottles which he bought from Victoria Ochante, 65, in Villa Maria del Triunfo on the outskirts of Lima, March 6, 2012. Ochante came from the highlands of Ayacucho about 30 years ago and has been trying to make a living the past year by recycling garbage. She hopes to make enough money by collecting bottles, cans and other recyclable objects so that she can get a gynecological operation. Older adults especially women, who do not have retirement plans, are forced to develop strategies for survival, otherwise they will be economically dependent and socially vulnerable, according to The National Institute of Statistics and Information. Women in Peru will observe International Women's Day on March 8. Picture taken March 6, 2012. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo (PERU - Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY) 

Victoria Ochante, 65, weighs recyclable materials before selling them to a buyer in Villa Maria del Triunfo on the outskirts of Lima, March 6, 2012. Ochante came from the highlands of Ayacucho about 30 years ago and has been trying to make a living the past year by recycling garbage. She hopes to make enough money by collecting bottles, cans and other recyclable objects so that she can get a gynecological operation. Older adults especially women, who do not have retirement plans, are forced to develop strategies for survival, otherwise they will be economically dependent and socially vulnerable, according to The National Institute of Statistics and Information. Women in Peru will observe International Women's Day on March 8. Picture taken March 6, 2012. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo (PERU - Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY HEALTH) 

Victoria Ochante, 65, carries a bag containing plastic bottles collected in a month, before selling the bottles in Ticlio Chico in Villa Maria del Triunfo on the outskirts of Lima, March 6, 2012. Ochante came from the highlands of Ayacucho about 30 years ago and has been trying to make a living the past year by recycling garbage. She hopes to make enough money by collecting bottles, cans and other recyclable objects so that she can get a gynecological operation. Older adults especially women, who do not have retirement plans, are forced to develop strategies for survival, otherwise they will be economically dependent and socially vulnerable, according to The National Institute of Statistics and Information. Women in Peru will observe International Women's Day on March 8. Picture taken March 6, 2012. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo (PERU - Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY HEALTH) 

Victoria Ochante, 65, looks for recyclable materials amongst garbage at a street in Villa Maria del Triunfo on the outskirts of Lima, February 28, 2012. Ochante came from the highlands of Ayacucho about 30 years ago and has been trying to make a living the past year by recycling garbage. She hopes to make enough money by collecting bottles, cans and other recyclable objects so that she can get a gynecological operation. Older adults especially women, who do not have retirement plans, are forced to develop strategies for survival, otherwise they will be economically dependent and socially vulnerable, according to The National Institute of Statistics and Information. Women in Peru will observe International Women's Day on March 8. Picture taken February 28, 2012. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo (PERU - Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY HEALTH) 

Victoria Ochante, 65, stands in her home after collecting recyclable materials in Ticlio Chico in Villa Maria del Triunfo on the outskirts of Lima, March 2, 2012. Ochante came from the highlands of Ayacucho about 30 years ago and has been trying to make a living the past year by recycling garbage. She hopes to make enough money by collecting bottles, cans and other recyclable objects so that she can get a gynecological operation. Older adults especially women, who do not have retirement plans, are forced to develop strategies for survival, otherwise they will be economically dependent and socially vulnerable, according to The National Institute of Statistics and Information. Women in Peru will observe International Women's Day on March 8. Picture taken March 2, 2012. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo (PERU - Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY HEALTH) 

Victoria Ochante, 65, plays with her cat next to her daughter Hilda at her home in Ticlio Chico in Villa Maria del Triunfo on the outskirts of Lima, February 28, 2012. Ochante came from the highlands of Ayacucho about 30 years ago and has been trying to make a living the past year by recycling garbage. She hopes to make enough money by collecting bottles, cans and other recyclable objects so that she can get a gynecological operation. Older adults especially women, who do not have retirement plans, are forced to develop strategies for survival, otherwise they will be economically dependent and socially vulnerable, according to The National Institute of Statistics and Information. Women in Peru will observe International Women's Day on March 8. Picture taken February 28, 2012. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo (PERU - Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY HEALTH ANIMALS) 

Victoria Ochante, 65, looks for recyclable materials at a street in Villa Maria del Triunfo on the outskirts of Lima, February 28, 2012. Ochante came from the highlands of Ayacucho about 30 years ago and has been trying to make a living the past year by recycling garbage. She hopes to make enough money by collecting bottles, cans and other recyclable objects so that she can get a gynecological operation. Older adults especially women, who do not have retirement plans, are forced to develop strategies for survival, otherwise they will be economically dependent and socially vulnerable, according to The National Institute of Statistics and Information. Women in Peru will observe International Women's Day on March 8. Picture taken February 28, 2012. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo (PERU - Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY HEALTH) 

Victoria Ochante, 65, stands near garbage at a street in Villa Maria del Triunfo on the outskirts of Lima, February 28, 2012. Ochante came from the highlands of Ayacucho about 30 years ago and has been trying to make a living the past year by recycling garbage. She hopes to make enough money by collecting bottles, cans and other recyclable objects so that she can get a gynecological operation. Older adults especially women, who do not have retirement plans, are forced to develop strategies for survival, otherwise they will be economically dependent and socially vulnerable, according to The National Institute of Statistics and Information. Women in Peru will observe International Women's Day on March 8. Picture taken February 28, 2012. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo (PERU - Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY HEALTH) 

Victoria Ochante, 65, stands near garbage and a dog at a street at dawn in Villa Maria del Triunfo on the outskirts of Lima, March 2, 2012. Ochante came from the highlands of Ayacucho about 30 years ago and has been trying to make a living the past year by recycling garbage. She hopes to make enough money by collecting bottles, cans and other recyclable objects so that she can get a gynecological operation. Older adults especially women, who do not have retirement plans, are forced to develop strategies for survival, otherwise they will be economically dependent and socially vulnerable, according to The National Institute of Statistics and Information. Women in Peru will observe International Women's Day on March 8. Picture taken March 2, 2012. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo (PERU - Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY ANIMALS HEALTH) 

Victoria Ochante, 65, stands outside her home at 4 a.m. before making her way out to collect recyclable materials in the shanty town of Ticlio Chico in Villa Maria del Triunfo on the outskirts of Lima, March 2, 2012. Ochante came from the highlands of Ayacucho about 30 years ago and has been trying to make a living the past year by recycling garbage. She hopes to make enough money by collecting bottles, cans and other recyclable objects so that she can get a gynecological operation. Older adults especially women, who do not have retirement plans, are forced to develop strategies for survival, otherwise they will be economically dependent and socially vulnerable, according to The National Institute of Statistics and Information. Women in Peru will observe International Women's Day on March 8. Picture taken March 2, 2012. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo (PERU - Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY HEALTH) 

Victoria Ochante, 65, collects garbage for recycling at a street at dawn in Villa Maria del Triunfo on the outskirts of Lima, March 2, 2012. Ochante came from the highlands of Ayacucho about 30 years ago and has been trying to make a living the past year by recycling garbage. She hopes to make enough money by collecting bottles, cans and other recyclable objects so that she can get a gynecological operation. Older adults especially women, who do not have retirement plans, are forced to develop strategies for survival, otherwise they will be economically dependent and socially vulnerable, according to The National Institute of Statistics and Information. Women in Peru will observe International Women's Day on March 8. Picture taken March 2, 2012. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo (PERU - Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY HEALTH TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Clinic director Dr Gennady Sikhikh (L) presents Dr Jill Biden with a doll for her granddaughter Finnegan during a visit to the Kulakov Centre for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology in Moscow March 10, 2011. Dr Biden is accompanying her husband U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on a three day official visit to Russia. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

Dr Jill Biden (2nd L) and her granddaughter Finnegan (L) visit a ward in the Kulakov Centre for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology in Moscow March 10, 2011. Dr Biden is accompanying her husband U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on a three day official visit to Russia. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

Dr Jill Biden holds a decorative lacquer box presented to her during a visit to the Kulakov Centre for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology in Moscow March 10, 2011. Dr Biden is accompanying her husband U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on a three day official visit to Russia. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

Dr Jill Biden listens during a visit to the Kulakov Centre for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology in Moscow March 10, 2011. Dr Biden is accompanying her husband U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on a three day official visit to Russia. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

Nayna Patel, an Indian gynaecologist, carries out an ultrasound examination on Shabnam, a surrogate mother, at Patel's clinic in Anand in the western Indian state of Gujarat March 4, 2009. At the clinic of Nayna Patel, perhaps India's best-known "surrogate doctor" who delivered Anand town's first surrogate baby, more women are signing up to be surrogates, with even nurses and teachers lining up, as their husbands lose their jobs. The women who come here usually want the money to buy a home, pay off loans, or for their childrens' college education," said Patel in her small clinic, the walls of which are covered With clippings and pictures of Patel with babies and parents. Picture taken March 4, 2009. To match feature INDIA-SURROGATE/ REUTERS/Arko Datta (INDIA HEALTH SOCIETY) 

Doctor Karen Maples, Chief of Service, Obstetrics and Gynecology, leaves at the conclusion of a news conference about the conditions of the octuplets in Bellflower, California January 27, 2009. A California woman shocked doctors by giving birth on Monday to octuplets, believed to be only the second set of eight babies born in the United States. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES) 

Doctor Harold Henry (R), Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, speaks during a news conference about the conditions of the octuplets, as Doctor Karen E Maples, Chief of Service, Obstetrics and Gynecology (L) and Doctor Mandhir Gupta, Neonatalogist, NICU, transport medical director, stand nearby in Bellflower, California January 27, 2009. A California woman shocked doctors by giving birth on Monday to octuplets, believed to be only the second set of eight babies born in the United States. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES) 

Doctor Karen Maples (4th R) , Chief of Service, Obstetrics and Gynecology, speaks during a news conference about the conditions of the octuplets in Bellflower, California January 27, 2009. A California woman shocked doctors by giving birth on Monday to octuplets, believed to be only the second set of eight babies born in the United States. The six boys and two girls were doing well and were in stable condition in the neonatal intensive care unit, said Dr. Maples. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES) 

Dr. Lauri J. Romanzi demonstrates usage of tools which she uses for vaginal rejuvenation at a her spa in New York August 13, 2008. The spa, which opened last month a few doors down from the gynecologic practice of its founder, Dr. Romanzi, specializes in nonsurgical vaginal rejuvenation and is part of a trend that has led more women to tinker with their genital area. Picture taken August 13, 2008. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES) 

Dr. Lauri J. Romanzi demonstrates usage of tools which she uses for vaginal rejuvenation at a her spa in New York August 13, 2008. The spa, which opened last month a few doors down from the gynecologic practice of its founder, Dr. Romanzi, specializes in nonsurgical vaginal rejuvenation and is part of a trend that has led more women to tinker with their genital area. Picture taken August 13, 2008. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES) 

Dr. Lauri J. Romanzi demonstrates usage of tools which she uses for vaginal rejuvenation at a her spa in New York August 13, 2008. The spa, which opened last month a few doors down from the gynecologic practice of its founder, Dr. Romanzi, specializes in nonsurgical vaginal rejuvenation and is part of a trend that has led more women to tinker with their genital area. Picture taken August 13, 2008. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES) 

Dr. Lauri J. Romanzi displays tools which she uses for vaginal rejuvenation at a her spa in New York August 13, 2008. The spa, which opened last month a few doors down from the gynecologic practice of its founder, Dr. Romanzi, specializes in nonsurgical vaginal rejuvenation and is part of a trend that has led more women to tinker with their genital area. Picture taken August 13, 2008. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES) 

Dr. Lauri J. Romanzi poses for a portrait while demonstrating techniques she uses for vaginal rejuvenation, pelvic fitness and skin rejuvenation at a her spa in New York August 13, 2008. The spa, which opened last month a few doors down from the gynecologic practice of its founder, Dr. Lauri Romanzi, specializes in nonsurgical vaginal rejuvenation and is part of a trend that has led more women to tinker with their genital area. Picture taken August 13, 2008. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES) 

British actor Max Beesley, one of the stars of the BBC America series "Bodies", discusses the show during a session of the Television Critic's Association Summer press tour in Beverly Hills July 14, 2005. "Bodies", written by former doctor Jed Mercurio, is a hospital drama set in the obstetrics and gynecology department and premieres September 29, 2005. REUTERS/Fred Prouser FSP/dh 

U.S. President George W. Bush receives applause from Commerce Secretary Don Evans (L) and Aundria Kazar, an obstetrics/gynecology patient, as he arrives for a session on the high costs of lawsuits, at the White House Conference on the Economy at the Ronald Reagan Center, in Washington, December 15, 2004. The two-day White House-sponsored event is aimed at boosting President Bush's economic agenda. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque KL 

Belgian Professor Donnez explains the technique of autotransplantation of cryopreserved ovarian tissue after the birth of Tamara Bouanati in Brussels. Belgian Professor Jacques Donnez, head of the Department of Gynecology and Andrology explains the technique of autotransplantation of cryopreserved ovarian tissue after the birth of Belgian day-old baby Tamara Bouanati at the Cliniques Universitaires of Saint Luc in Brussels September 24, 2004. Tamara's Mum Ouarda Touirat (32) has made world medical history by giving birth after beating cancer where her fertility was damaged. Before chemotherapy, part of Touirat's ovarian tissue was removed and frozen. It was re-implanted after she was cured of cancer and she conceived naturally. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir 

Singer and actress Courtney Love is picturedentering Beverly Hills Superior Court for her arraignment on two felony drug possession charges in Beverly Hills, California, in this April 30, 2004 file photo. Hours after being declared a fugitive for missing a court hearing in California, rocker Courtney Love was hospitalized in New York on July 9, 2004, her 40th birthday, for an unspecified gynecological problem, her lawyer said. Defense attorney Michael Rosenstein said Love had admitted to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan in the early evening, but said she was conscious and her condition did not appear to be life-threatening. REUTERS/Nick Ut/POOL/Files SV 

Supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi shout slogans during a rally in front of
the embassy of Myanmar in Seoul September 19, 2003. Myanmar opposition
leader Aung San Suu Kyi underwent surgery for gynecological problems at
a private hospital in Yangon, an exiled Myanmar group said on Thursday.
REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

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Supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi shout slogans during a rally in front of
the embassy of Myanmar in Seoul September 19, 2003. Myanmar opposition
leader Aung San Suu Kyi underwent surgery for gynecological problems at
a private hospital in Yangon, an exiled Myanmar group said on Thursday.
REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

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Dr. Richard Paulson, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the USC School of Medicine, answers questions from the media after it was revealed that a 63 year-old woman gave birth to a healthy baby girl in 1996, becoming the oldest recorded woman in the world to give birth. The mother, who remains anonymous, misrepresented her age to doctors when enrolling in the university hospital's in-vitro fertilization program. 

Dr. Richard Paulson (L), professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the USC School of Medicine, and Dr. Melvin Thorton, attending physician, answer questions from the media after it was revealed that a 63 year-old woman gave birth to a healthy baby girl in 1996, becoming the oldest woman on record in the world to give birth. The mother, who remains anonymous, misrepresented her age to doctors when enrolling in the university hospital's in-vitro fertilization program. 

Dr. Richard Paulson, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the USC School of Medicine, answers questions from the media after it was revealed that a 63 year-old woman gave birth to a healthy baby girl in 1996, becoming the oldest recorded woman in the world to give birth. The mother, who remains anonymous, misrepresented her age to doctors when enrolling in the university hospital's in-vitro fertilization program.

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Dr. Richard Paulson (L), professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the USC School of Medicine, and Dr. Melvin Thorton, attending physician, answer questions from the media after it was revealed that a 63 year-old woman gave birth to a healthy baby girl in 1996, becoming the oldest woman on record in the world to give birth. The mother, who remains anonymous, misrepresented her age to doctors when enrolling in the university hospital's in-vitro fertilization program.

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