The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of childless women of surrogacy as an assistive reproductive technique. Childless women in marriage experience psychological problems characterised by marital instability, divorce, stigmatisation and abuse. The objectives of the study were to (a) identify childless women, (b) determine their awareness and knowledge of surrogacy, (c) establish their values and beliefs on the issue of surrogacy, and (e) assess whether they would be willing to consider surrogacy as an option to address their infertility. The study was qualitative and a case study design was used. Ten childless women were recruited from a social worker’s caseload. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with these women and saturation was reached with the seventh participant. Data were analysed thematically. The findings of the study suggest that childless women knew about surrogacy as an assisted reproductive technique and that they would consider the technique as an option to address their childlessness brought about by infertility.

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林波波省 LEBOWAKGOMO 无子女妇女对代孕作为辅助生殖技术（艺术）的看法

本研究的目的是探讨无子女妇女对代孕作为辅助生殖技术的看法。婚姻中没有孩子的妇女会经历以婚姻不稳定、离婚、污名化和虐待为特征的心理问题。该研究的目标是 (a) 确定无子女妇女，(b) 确定她们对代孕的认识和知识，(c) 确立她们对代孕问题的价值观和信念，以及 (e) 评估她们是否愿意考虑将代孕作为解决不孕症的一种选择。该研究是定性的，并使用了案例研究设计。从一名社会工作者的案件中招募了 10 名没有孩子的妇女。对这些女性进行了半结构化访谈，第七位参与者达到了饱和。数据进行了专题分析。