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進入《中英對照讀新聞》Doctors raise concerns after elderly Indian woman gives birth 醫師在印度老婦生子後表達憂慮
印度的醫師在一名婦女接受2年的試管嬰兒治療，並在70幾歲時生下她第一個孩子。（法新社）
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Doctors in India raised ethical and health concerns after a woman gave birth to her first child in her 70s, following two years of IVF treatment.
印度的醫師在一名婦女接受2年的試管嬰兒治療，並在70幾歲時生下她第一個孩子後，表達倫理與健康上的憂慮。
Daljinder Kaur gave birth last month to a healthy boy after falling pregnant by her 79-year-old husband, following fertility treatment at a northern Indian clinic.
達爾金德．考爾上月生下一名健康的男嬰，她在北印度一家診所接受不孕症治療，並從她79歲的丈夫受孕。
Kaur said the couple, married for 46 years, were overjoyed at finally having their first child after enduring years of taunts in a country where infertility is sometimes seen as a curse from God.
考爾說，他們這對結縭46年的夫妻，對於忍受眾人多年嘲笑，終於有了第一個孩子感到欣喜若狂；在這個國家，不孕有時被視為是神明詛咒。
Kaur put her age at about 70 while the clinic said in a statement that she was 72.
考爾說她年約70，但該診所聲明指稱她72歲。
But fertility expert Sunil Jindal raised questions about the future of a child born to elderly parents, as well as health issues for the mother.
然而，生育專家金達對於年長父母生下的子女之未來，以及母親的健康議題提出質疑。
"There are ethical issues. In my opinion it is unfair to do such a procedure on a woman who is over 60," Jindal told AFP.
「這有倫理方面議題。在我看來，年過60的婦女進行這類程序是不當的。」金達告訴法新社。
"The sheer fact that a woman in her 70s has to carry the weight of a child in her womb for nine months is stressful.
「70好幾的老婦必須承受子宮內胎兒重量長達9個月的這個單純事實，是壓力很大的狀況。」
"Then the question comes how are the parents going to look after the baby? That is also quite a task."
「接下來的問題是，這樣的父母將如何照顧寶寶？這也是相當繁重的工作。」
新聞辭典
ethical：形容詞，倫理的、道德的。例句：Social workers are often confronted with ethical dilemmas in practice.（社工在現實中常面臨道德的兩難。）
fall pregnant：片語，懷孕。例句：She fell pregnant with her first child when she was 17 years old.（她懷第一個孩子時，年方17。）
look after：片語，照顧、關心。例句：She has looked after her parents for many years.（她已照顧雙親多年。）
