精美英文欣赏:寻找代孕母亲(下)

However, it is illegal to advertise for a surrogate or for a surrogate to advertise.

然而，为代孕做广告或者代孕者自己宣传均是违法的。

Once the baby is born, the intended parents will need to establish their legal parentage otherwise the baby will be registered as the child of the birth mother -- the surrogate.

孩子一旦出世，寻求代孕的父母需要确立他们的法定父母身份，否则孩子就会被登记在其生母即代孕母亲的名下。

The advantages and disadvantages

好处与坏处

For a woman who can't conceive, surrogacy creates a chance for her and her partner to parent a child who is their genetic¹ children at least partially² (if they use the father's sperm³ and the surrogate's egg)

对不孕的女人来说，代孕给她们和她们的丈夫拥有自己亲生孩子的机会。有时是采用的是孩子父亲一方的精子和代孕母亲的卵子，孩子因而只有父亲一方的基因。

or completely (if they ask the surrogate co carry an embryo⁴ created from the mother's egg and the father's sperm).

有时是直接把父母双方精子卵子合成的胚胎注入代孕母亲的子宫里，那样孩子就拥有夫妻双方的基因了。

If they set up an open arrangement, the couple can be deeply involved in all the details of their baby's gestation⁵ and may be there for the birth of their baby.

如果代孕双方有公开声明，寻求代孕的夫妻可以深度参与代孕母亲妊娠的全程，还可以在现场见证孩子的出生。

In addition to its complicated procedures, surrogacy is highly controversial and can be legally complex.

而就其复杂的过程而言，代孕引起了很大的争议，而且涉及复杂的法律问题。

Some surrogates also face difficult emotional and psychological problems over letting the baby go.

有些代孕母亲在把孩子交给寻求代孕的夫妻后，感情和心理上都遭遇很大困境。

The infertile⁶ couple not only experience the usually anxiety of waiting for a pregnancy⁷ to reach full-term safely but also worry about legal trouble, the ethics⁸ of "buying" a child and the possibility that the surrogate will change her mind.

不育夫妻在期待代孕能安全顺利的过程中，不仅承受着很大压力，还要担心涉及的法律问题。他们需要在“买”孩子的伦理问题和代孕的可能性之间去权衡，以便做出选择。

1 genetic   

adj.遗传的，遗传学的

参考例句：

• It's very difficult to treat genetic diseases.遗传性疾病治疗起来很困难。
• Each daughter cell can receive a full complement of the genetic information.每个子细胞可以收到遗传信息的一个完全补偿物。

2 partially   

adv.部分地，从某些方面讲

参考例句：

• The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
• The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静，宵禁部分解除。

3 sperm   

n.精子，精液

参考例句：

• Only one sperm fertilises an egg.只有一个精子使卵子受精。
• In human reproduction,one female egg is usually fertilized by one sperm.在人体生殖过程中，一个精子使一个卵子受精。

4 embryo   

n.胚胎，萌芽的事物

参考例句：

• They are engaging in an embryo research.他们正在进行一项胚胎研究。
• The project was barely in embryo.该计划只是个雏形。

5 gestation   

n.怀孕；酝酿

参考例句：

• The gestation period can be anything between 95 and 150 days.妊娠期从95天至150天不等。
• This film was two years in gestation.这部电影酝酿了两年。

6 infertile   

adj.不孕的；不肥沃的，贫瘠的

参考例句：

• Plants can't grow well in the infertile land.在贫瘠的土地上庄稼长不好。
• Nobody is willing to till this infertile land.这块薄田没有人愿意耕种。

7 pregnancy   

n.怀孕，怀孕期

参考例句：

• Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕早期常有恶心的现象。
• Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.怀孕期吸烟会增加流产的危险。

8 ethics   

n.伦理学；伦理观，道德标准

参考例句：

• The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
• Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。