The study examined French people’s positions regarding the right to parenthood of same-sex couples and singles. A convenience sample of 256 participants aged 18–82 were presented with 24 realistic stories that were composed according to a two-factor within-subject design: (a) relational contexts (married or non-married heterosexual couples, married or non-married homosexual couples, and single heterosexual or homosexual persons, who want to have children through assisted reproductive technology or adoption) and (b) ways to have a child (through sperm donation by an anonymous donor, through sperm donation and surrogacy, through egg donation by an anonymous donor and surrogacy, or through adoption). Through cluster analysis, six qualitatively different positions were found. They were called Never acceptable (8% of the sample), Acceptable only in cases of heterosexual couples (10%), Acceptable for all types of couples except in cases of surrogacy by choice (7%), Always acceptable for all types of couples (10%), Always acceptable except in cases of surrogacy (14%), and Always acceptable (52%). The majority Always acceptable position was more often expressed by single participants, participants without children, and atheists than by married participants, those with children, or regular church attendees.

该研究调查了法国人在同性伴侣和单身人士的父母受养权方面的立场。为方便样本提供了256个年龄在18-82岁之间的参与者，其中包含24个现实故事，这些故事是根据两个因素在主题内进行设计的：（a）关系情境（已婚或未婚异性伴侣，已婚或未婚同性恋）想要通过辅助生殖技术或收养生子的夫妻以及单身异性恋或同性恋者，以及（b）生育方式（通过匿名捐赠者的精子捐赠，通过精子代孕和代孕，通过卵子捐赠）匿名捐赠者和代孕，或通过收养）。通过聚类分析，发现了六个质量上不同的位置。他们被称为永不接受（样本的8％），仅在异性恋夫妇（10％）的情况下可以接受，所有类型的夫妇都可以接受，但在选择代孕的情况下（7％），在所有类型的夫妇中都可以接受（10％），始终可以接受，除非代孕（14％）和始终可以接受（52％）。大多数情况下，单身参与者，没有孩子和无神论者的参加者比那些已婚参与者，有孩子的人或定期参加教堂的参加者更经常表达始终可接受的立场。