Should single women and lesbian couples have access to fertility treatment?

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This vote concerned a major French bioethics reform whose most prominent change expanded access to medically assisted reproduction, including treatments using donated sperm, to female same-sex couples and single women.
Previously, access was generally restricted to heterosexual couples with a medical reason for infertility. The reform removed that restriction, allowing women to receive fertility treatment regardless of whether they had a male partner or a medical infertility diagnosis.
Supporters argued that a woman's access to fertility treatment should not depend on her sexual orientation or relationship status and that different types of families should receive equal treatment.
Opponents argued that deliberately creating children without a father raises ethical questions about children's interests and that medically assisted reproduction should primarily treat medical infertility rather than become a general route to parenthood.
On 29 June 2021, the French National Assembly gave final approval to the broader bioethics bill by 326 votes to 115, with 42 abstentions. These parliamentary totals apply to the complete bioethics legislation, which included this reform as well as other measures.
VoteWorld wording adapted from a major provision of a French parliamentary bill. Seed votes are votes on the complete French bioethics bill and should not be interpreted as a separate parliamentary vote on this adapted question alone.