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Free Egg Freezing Sounds Like a Dream. The Fine Print Is Your Future Children.
Amid speculation about a 2028 presidential run, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez continues to make headlines after posting a video of herself injecting hormone stimulation drugs into her stomach as part of her egg freezing journey.
By Emma Waters4 min read

She called the decision "badass" and framed it, alongside her fight for reproductive rights, as a corrective to everything women were never taught about their own bodies. What she didn't mention is what it costs—financially, physically, relationally, and in unrealized dreams for motherhood. A congresswoman can absorb thousands of dollars per cycle, storage fees, and the subsequent cycles of IVF that follow if she ever wants to use her eggs to have a baby. Most of the young women watching her cannot.