Why would any government start a sperm bank to encourage women to become single moms?

Most people agree that it's very hard for a single mother to raise children to be well-educated, solid, productive adults.  Not impossible, obviously, but very hard.

All the statistics show that children of single mothers are far more likely to be on public assistance, use illegal drugs and become single mothers themselves.

So would it make sense for a government to *encourage* single women to become mothers?

Oh, wait...we're talking about *government*--where the only thing that makes sense is more taxes and more votes for the party in power.

In this case it's the U.K., starting a sperm bank specifically for lesbians.  But if you think that's not coming here soon you haven't been paying attention.