Monday, July 1, 2002
Single women opting for artificial insemination to start families
A story released today by the Guardian reports that according to a new research, single women are opting to have babies from donated sperm because they fear they will not find a partner in time to have a child in a relationship.
A study by the family and child psychology research center at City University in London found that two thirds of single women who had given birth by donor insemination (DI) said they had made the move "prompted by a growing sense that time was running out to fulfil the lifelong dream of having a child".
However, a third of the single women said they wanted to go it alone and have a child without the involvement of a man.
Dr. Clare Murray, who compared single and married DI mothers, said the study produced no evidence against allowing single women to have access to donor sperm. She found no difference in the quality of parenting between solo and married DI mothers, or between the two groups of children in sleeping and eating difficulties.
