Single Mothers by Choice
Single Mothers by Choice (SMC) is an originally American association of women who have voluntarily opted for single motherhood.
History of the club
Single Mothers by Choice was founded in 1981 by single mother Jane Mattes. In 2006 the association had 4,000 women as members and was represented in 24 different cities with branches (so-called chapters ). Internationally, the association had spread from the USA to Israel and Switzerland .
Typically, the association members are women in their 30s or 40s who fear that they will not find a suitable partner within their fertile years. These women either try to conceive a child through sperm donation or they adopt a child. In doing so, they consciously accept that they will not receive any financial support from the child's father and that they may have to raise the child alone on a permanent basis.
Web links
- Homepage of Single Mothers by Choice (eng.)
- Anja Jardine: The children of 5010 ; Report in the NZZ about mothers who received their children via sperm donation. The report was nominated for the Henri Nannen Prize in 2007.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jennifer Egan: Wanted: A Few Good Sperm . In: New York Times, March 19, 2006. Available online (Retrieved June 2, 2008)
- ↑ Single Mothers by Choice
- ↑ Amy Harmon: First Comes the Baby Carriage . In: New York Times, October 13, 2005. Available online (Retrieved June 2, 2008)