Now that cryoconservation is slowly becoming availible to the average woman: Would you do it?
Companies like Google, Apple or Facebook offer to carry the cost of freezing their employees eggs. I think it is only a motter of time until this becomes cheap enought for middle class women. While some people have moral objections, I would absolutly do it! I'd love to hear some other opinions on this.
Bonus Question: Do we need new legislation regarding cryoconservation? Should goverments have any say?
8 years ago by spoderman
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Interesting question! I had never even thought about it. Do you have any reading materials you could recommend on the subject? I don't feel that I know enough about it to comment at this point, but it does sound interesting and I'd love to know more.
The wikipedia page on the actual technology is a good start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovarian_tissue_cryopreservation
Here are a bunch of articles:
http://time.com/3509930/company-paid-egg-freezing-will-be-the-great-equalizer/
http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/health/2015/02/27/younger-women-freezing-eggs/24097983/
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/jun/30/egg-freezing-more-possibilities/
Thanks so much! :)
While I appreciate this as a symbol of support for women who want to both be professionally competitive and also mothers, I feel like it's an answer to the wrong question.
There are a lot of reasons why it's biologically more optimal to have children at a younger age aside from egg decay. Additionally, the interplay of age and biology aren't the only things that make it so difficult to realize professional ambitions and adequately have enough time to raise a family at once, for both genders.
Really, I think there needs to be a larger cultural change around the expectations of the work/life boundary. (I'm mostly speaking about American culture.) We should value people being fully-rounded and having time to be people as well as employees. There's so much you can discuss regarding this issue.