Most support unmarried childbearing if support systems improveBy Hollie Younger / Staff writer, with CNANearly 70 percent of respondents in an online survey would support unmarried couples and single women having children, provided that support systems are improved, the Childcare Policy Alliance said today. Photo: CNAThe online questionnaire asked 1,305 respondents, 88.5 percent of whom were women, their attitudes toward unmarried and single women having children. In Europe, between 40 and 60 percent of children are born to unmarried parents and fertility rates remain at about 1.5 to 1.6, he said. Meanwhile, in Taiwan and South Korea where a culture of “marriage before children” prevails, birthrates have plummeted, he added. The Legislative Yuan should prioritize passing amendments to the Assisted Reproduction Act (人工生殖法) that would allow single women to access assisted reproductive technology, she said.

Source: Taipei Times March 03, 2026 14:55 UTC