Are Men the Overlooked Reason for Egg Freezing?

May 12, 2023 | News

Global fertility decline is ringing demographic, economic, and social alarm bells. In a recent New York Times opinion piece, author Jessica Grose asks, “Are Men the Overlooked Reason for the Fertility Decline?” She provides compelling evidence to suggest that this...

‘Motherhood on ice’: Exploring why women freeze their eggs

May 9, 2023 | News

Oocyte vitrification, a method to flash-freeze human eggs so they can be stored for later use, emerged in the early 2000s. Initially, the technology was limited to women undergoing chemotherapy or experiencing medical conditions known to cause infertility. In 2012,...

Oncofertility Consortium Webinar: Motherhood on Ice

Apr 5, 2023 | News

  Date/Time: April 5, 2023, 2-3 pm EST Organizers: Practice Committee Topic: Motherhood on Ice: The Mating Gap and Why Women Freeze Their Eggs Speaker: Marcia C. Inhorn, PhD, MPH (USA) Moderator: Mahmoud Salama, MD, PhD...

INSIDER: It’s not about career planning

Mar 20, 2023 | News

It’s not about career planning. As a medical anthropologist, I can tell you that women are freezing their eggs because of partnership problems. As a medical anthropologist and gender scholar, I have been privileged to gather egg freezing stories from 150...