Abstract
The new assisted reproductive technologies are now introduced to clinical field. In this study, we evaluated the consciousness and attitude of 76 female college students (mean age:19.2 years, range 19〜21 years) regarding the clinical application of so-called "host-mother" with a questionnaire. Seven students (9.2%) agreed to this new technology to be applied into the clinical field with no conditions attached. The most common reason was that the individual decision making should be respectable. Fifty eight (76.3%) agreed under some limitaions, such as the needs for discussion and consensus of persons concerned and considerations about the children's rights. Ten (13.5%) opposed to this method with the reason of the physical and mental risks of host mothers. As the answer of their future problem, ten students (13.5%) intended to ask some women as host mother in a sterile condition, and 21 (27.6%) wanted to take this technique depending on the circumstances. Almost all subjects, however, did not want to be a host-mother willingly.
