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Originally Posted by Tammyh  You've made an excellent point. How many people on this site spoke of artificial insemination and everyone thinks that's just great, "you go girl". So I guess it's empowering for a single woman to adopt or decide to get pregnant artificially becuase she's an "independant strong woman". So she can raise her child with no father at all. That's MUCH more selfish to bring a child into the world with no father figure at all then to bring a child into the world thinking that POSSIBLY the child might lose their father when they're a teenager or young adult and who knows, just maybe he'll live to be close to 100 which would put the child in his 30's. At least the child had the benefit of having a father. I think it's very important for children to be brought up with both a mother and a father. Don't get me wrong, if a single woman decides to have a child on her own, it's none of my business. I just don't like the hypocracy. |
But you have children already so its easy for you to have this opinion. I could get married tomorrow if I wanted to. Would it be okay to have a child then?
I don't see the hypocrisy. You're assuming that a single woman who has a child through artificial insemination will never get married thus leaving the child without a father figure. The vast majority of women who choose this method do hope to get married one day but don't want to live a life of regret.
This is a good article about how many single women are now going this route:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8284173/