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The brave new world of baby making.

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The world's oldest new mother gave birth to twins this week at the age of 67,

as the age of possible motherhood rises higher and higher.

What does the high-tech fertility industry mean for a woman's health and her baby's future?

On To the Point, we'll talk to an egg donor, the mother of children born from a donor's

eggs, and a doctor who helps women challenge nature. What are the social and ethical consequences

of a new kind of medical business? Also today, the president shakes up his Iraq leadership team

on reporter's notebook later on, American warships off the coast of Somalia.

First, here's the news.

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Hello again, Warren and only, back with To the Point. Women in their 60s are setting age records for giving birth, and the fastest growing group of new mothers are those in their 40s. On To the Point, the medical, social, and ethical issues raised by the high-tech fertility industry.

On reporter's notebook, as the Islamic courts movement is driven out of power in Somalia,

what's the role of the United States?

First is news update. From Baghdad to Washington, President Bush is shaking up his military,

intelligence, and diplomatic teams as he prepares to announce his new strategy for the war in Iraq.

David Sanger, his chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times, David is always good to have you with us. Good to be back here. John Negroponte got a White House ceremony today for what is

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