Strong C, Schinfeld J S
J Reprod Med. 1984 May;29(5):293-9.
Requests by single women for artificial insemination by donor (AID) raise important ethical issues concerning the obligations of physicians and the well-being of the children who would be conceived. Specific objections to AID for single women can be raised, including that the absence of a father may adversely affect the child or that a lesbian mother may influence the child to become homosexual. A review of the relevant social science research indicates, however, that these and other objections are not supported by the available data. In support of AID for single women it can be argued that the life of the child who would be produced could be expected to have value, considered in itself. Consideration of the various aspects of the issue suggests that AID for single women is permissible in selected cases and that the physician has a right to refuse to carry out such requests.
单身女性要求通过供体人工授精（AID）引发了一些重要的伦理问题，涉及医生的义务以及通过这种方式受孕所生孩子的福祉。对于单身女性进行AID存在一些具体的反对意见，包括父亲缺失可能对孩子产生不利影响，或者女同性恋母亲可能会影响孩子成为同性恋者。然而，对相关社会科学研究的回顾表明，这些及其他反对意见并未得到现有数据的支持。支持为单身女性提供AID的观点认为，从孩子本身来看，预期其生命会有价值。对该问题各方面的考量表明，在某些特定情况下为单身女性进行AID是可行的，并且医生有权拒绝执行此类请求。
