[SBS News Story] “I became a parent on my own” Single parents overcome prejudice

2025-01-18 07:41:05

I met with Ms. Lee, a single woman in her 30s who gave birth alone and started a family without a partner, and heard her story.

In Korea, it is difficult for single women to donate sperm, so they headed to Denmark, where foreigners can also donate sperm and receive assisted reproductive technology.

Germany allows assisted reproductive technology for single women, so Mirja was able to receive the procedure at a nearby hospital.

Mr. Jeong, a single adoptive parent, has also been raising his child without a spouse for 18 years.

In 2007, shortly after single adoption was allowed in Korea, Mr. Jeong adopted a newborn child he met while volunteering at an orphanage.

 

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