A Woman’s Burden
Freezing eggs has been marketed as a panacea for ambitious professional women supposedly hungry for more time to focus on their careers, when in reality it’s often a last resort for women negotiating a mating crisis.
Motherhood on Ice: The Mating Gap and Why Women Freeze Their Eggs
by Marcia C. Inhorn
The Big Freeze: A Reporter’s Personal Journey into the World of Egg Freezing and the Quest to Control Our Fertility
by Natalie Lampert
November 20, 2025 issue