I will not look back and lament not considering this option, no matter what the eventual outcome, and that is worth every penny to me. Last month, Facebook and Apple announced that they would begin covering the costs of egg freezing for their employees, setting off a firestorm of controversy across the country. Articles praising […]
Choosing to freeze your eggs is choosing to be a fertility patient, with all that entails. It’s a physically and emotionally brutal process. As a woman who (a) believes in reproductive choice and (b) needed assisted reproductive technologies to conceive, I should like egg freezing as an idea that attempts to preserve both choice and […]
Anything that offers women more choices about their reproductive health is a good thing. I get it. I understand why some people are having a negative reaction to an announcement made by Apple and Facebook that the companies will begin paying for egg retrieval and storage for female employees. The way that it is being reported […]
Instead of telling women to freeze their eggs, companies should be examining the unrealistic demands they place on employees. Facebook and Apple will now pay for female employees to freeze their eggs. Facebook just started covering the procedure, and Apple’s coverage will begin in January. For many, that’s great news, but I’ve got a major problem the […]
