It’s a Popular Procedure for Young Women to Consider Undergoing. I Hope They Understand What They’re Actually Buying.

Medical Examiner These Numbers Reveal the Truth About Freezing Your Eggs The procedure offers patients a real benefit—but maybe not the one you’d expect. Aug 29, 20265:50 AM Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images. Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. When Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced that she was freezing her eggs, two words stood out to me. “This is a choice that I am making to feel more in control of my life,” she said. The first word is “control”: Egg freezing has become culturally synonymous with controlling fertility and offering women agency. I get it. I am a woman around Ocasio-Cortez’s age, 36. I’m also a physician, trained in a profession that asks us to take