Braverman Andrea Mechanick
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Fertil Steril. 2017 Feb;107(2):329-333. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.12.006. Epub 2017 Jan 6.
How old is too old to be a father? Can you be a little bit older or "old-ish" to be a dad without being considered an "older dad"? At some point, does one simply become too old to be a father? Unless a man requires medical assistance in family building, that answer has historically turned solely on his opportunity to have a willing female partner of reproductive age. As with so many other aspects of family building, assisted reproductive technologies have transformed the possibilities for-and spawned heated debates about-maternal age. Much attention has been given to this contentious topic for potential mothers, with many programs putting age-related limitations in place for their female patients. This article considers whether there should also be limits-and how we should approach that question-for men who require and seek medical assistance to become fathers.
多大年龄当父亲算年龄太大？你能否稍微年长一些或者“有点年纪”再当父亲而不被视为“大龄父亲”？到了某个时候，一个人会不会就单纯因为年龄太大而无法成为父亲？除非男性在组建家庭方面需要医疗帮助，从历史上来看，这个问题的答案完全取决于他是否有机会拥有一位育龄期且愿意合作的女性伴侣。与组建家庭的许多其他方面一样，辅助生殖技术改变了高龄产妇生育的可能性，并引发了关于此的激烈辩论。针对潜在母亲这一有争议的话题人们给予了很多关注，许多项目都对其女性患者设定了与年龄相关的限制。本文探讨对于那些需要并寻求医疗帮助以成为父亲的男性，是否也应该设定限制，以及我们应如何看待这个问题。
