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Earlier this year, I sat on a panel in a university seminar. Toward the end of the session, the subject of egg freezing came up. My two fellow panelists, one a fertility lawyer, the other a fertility counsellor, both thought it was a great option. They encouraged the young women in the class to consider it.
I disagreed. I encouraged them to be skeptical.
I have been watching with both interest and alarm as egg freezing has moved from the sidelines to the mainstream. From “freezing parties” and “free fertility checkups” to workplace benefits that cover the procedure and positive Twitter threads by people who chose it, there’s a lot of pressure on young women to keep their options open on delaying motherhood.
If freezing eggs and using them later were simple, I would be more enthusiastic. But I’d still be sounding a note of caution.
But egg freezing is not simple. And using frozen eggs is not simple, either. In fact, it sets the egg freezer up for an expensive, medicalized conception. It also sets her up for some...