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Table 3 Evaluation of aspects relevant to the decision of performing or not the procedure in case 1 (a single woman with no intention of having a male partner in the future)

From: Assisted Reproduction: What factors interfere in the professional's decisions? Are single women an issue?

Aspects

Perform the procedure in case 1?

P*

 

Yes n (%)

No n (%)

 

Marital Status of the Patient

19 (21.1)

71 (78.9)

< 0.001

Socio-economical Level

54 (58.1)

39 (41.9)

0.002

Right to choose to gestate

89 (59.7)

60 (40.3)

< 0.001

Child's right to a father

42 (29.8)

99 (70.2)

< 0.001

Professional's duty to help the patient have the procedure

75 (64.1)

42 (35.9)

< 0.001

Need for an evaluation of the case by a bioethics committee

43 (38.4)

69 (61.6)

0.762

Technical Aspects

57 (75.0)

19 (25.0)

< 0.001

Moral Aspects

60 (43.2)

79 (56.8)

0.607

Legal Aspects

42 (38.9)

66 (61.1)

0.849

  1. * Value obtained by the Chi-square test with Yates correction