Frozen Eggs
By Tom Ashbrook,
NPR On Point
| 10. 26. 2012
[With CGS's Marcy Darnovsky]
Women freezing their eggs against future infertility – or, as a lifestyle choice. We’ll look at the science and its limits.
For most of history, when women were out of eggs they were out of luck when it came to reproducing, to bearing children. Then came the freezing of human eggs. Formally for women facing fertility-damaging medical treatment. For couples in fertility treatment.
But also, it turned out, for women getting older who just weren’t ready pregnancy. Didn’t have the right partner, the right job, the right circumstances. So they’d freeze some eggs. For when the time came.
This hour, On Point: women freezing their eggs against future infertility. How far does this go?
Guests
Samantha Pfeifer, associate professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Pennsylvania.
Marcy Darnovsky, associate executive director of the Center for Genetics and Society.
Jennifer Hayes, a woman who has frozen her eggs.
From Tom’s Reading List
Wall Street Journal “There is growing evidence suggesting that freezing an embryo after fertilization and thawing it for use in the woman’s next...
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