Bellieni Carlo
Department of Pediatrics and Maternal Health, University Hospital, Siena, Italy.
J Family Reprod Health. 2016 Sep;10(3):104-107.
In western countries we assist at the paradox that fertility is socially discouraged by a mindset that depicts fertility as a resource to exploit as late as possible. So, couples have high expectative about the advantages of delayed parenthood, but they are scarcely informed about its risks. Scientific data suggests to anticipate the first pregnancy, but social pressures impose to wait, though delayed childbearing can provoke sterility and a greater gap between generations. The best age to become parents should be autonomously decided by a couple, under the condition of being a free informed choice and not a social imposition, but currently this is not guaranteed to western women and men.
在西方国家，我们目睹了这样一种矛盾现象：一种观念认为生育是一种应尽可能晚利用的资源，从而在社会层面上不鼓励生育。因此，夫妻对推迟生育的好处抱有很高期望，但他们对其风险却知之甚少。科学数据表明应尽早迎来首次怀孕，但社会压力却迫使人们等待，尽管推迟生育可能导致不育以及代际之间更大的差距。成为父母的最佳年龄应由夫妻自主决定，前提是这是一个自由的、充分知情的选择，而非社会强加的要求，但目前西方的女性和男性无法保证做到这一点。
