Knock Yourself Up

You Can Take the Sperm Out of the Man, But Can You Take the Man Out of the Sperm?

Louise Sloan | Posted 06.05.2008 | Living

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Louise Sloan

Sperm bank customers pretend that what they're buying is a "gamete," which came from the gamete factory, not from a living man whose traits and looks they may find duplicated in their child.

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What Baby Mama Is Missing

Louise Sloan | Posted 05.12.2008 | Entertainment

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Louise Sloan

The Tina Fey film could have been even funnier and a lot less predictable if it had taken its cue from real single moms by choice.

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Is Unwed Motherhood Really the Problem?

Louise Sloan | Posted 03.27.2008 | Living

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Louise Sloan

Is lack of a marriage license so bad for kids that any kind of married parents are better than literally any kind of single one?

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Knocked Up and Proud: Louise Sloan, Single Mother By Choice

Rachel Kramer Bussel | Posted 03.26.2008 | Living

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Rachel Kramer Bussel

New York-based writer and editor Louise Sloan didn't set out to be come a single mom, let alone a spokesperson for them. She knew she wanted kids at the age of 28, but her various partners weren't quite ready. When she hit 40, she knew it was time to proceed on her own.

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The Imagined Family

Louise Sloan | Posted 01.16.2008 | Living

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Louise Sloan

The important stuff -- a good dad, a good mom, a happy childhood, a happy marriage -- just can't be legislated into existence, though the British Parliament can sure try.

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Of Basters And Bias

Peggy Drexler | Posted 12.31.2007 | Living

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Peggy Drexler

As I read Louise Sloan's new book Knock Yourself Up, I couldn't help thinking about Bette Davis' famous line from All About Eve: "Buckle up. It's going to be a bumpy night."

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Knock Yourself Up: How To Be A Single Mom

Daily Mail | HELEN WEATHERS | Posted 11.30.2007 | Living

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In a controversial new book, this defiantly single mother gives a step-by-step guide to having a baby without a man. But even she admits there's a bit...

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