Benefits of oocyte cryopreservation (egg-freezing)? For the past…

Question Answered step-by-step Benefits of oocyte cryopreservation (egg-freezing)? For the past…    Benefits of oocyte cryopreservation (egg-freezing)?For the past several decades, medical advances in fertility treatments such as artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, and ovum transfer have helped many previously infertile couples to conceive. With advances in technology, even healthy women nowadays are given the option to “freeze” their eggs for later use.Several years ago companies such as Facebook, Apple, and Goggle started providing their female employees with up to $20,000 to freeze their eggs. It is not surprising that this decision has sparked much discussion.Please read the following article in “The Business Insider” which was published on September 17, 2017. The article is called “What you need to know about egg-freezing, the hot new perk at Google, Apple, and Facebook.”https://www.businessinsider.com/egg-freezing-at-facebook-apple-google-hot-new-perk-2017-9 (Links to an external site.)Link (Links to an external site.) Here is a CNBC video titled “Egg Freezing and the Future of Reproduction” (9:41 min) and the start-up companies focused on women’s reproduction:CNBC News: Egg-freezing and Women’s Reproduction (Links to an external site.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hyAQZgN5RE This is an article from Yale Medicine called “Is Egg-Freezing Right for You?” It was published on May 29, 2019.https://www.yalemedicine.org/stories/egg-freezing-fertility/ Lasly, please read the following article published in The New York Times on August 29, 2018. The title of the article is “These Companies Really, Really, Really Want Your Eggs.” https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/29/style/egg-freezing-fertility-millennials.html (Links to an external site.)If you cannot access this NY Times article on egg-freezing, then please refer to this other article from Vogue magazine about millennials and egg-freezing.https://www.vogue.com/article/what-to-know-about-egg-freezing-fertility-preservation-women-trellis-clinic-new-york-city (Links to an external site.) Q1- After reading these articles and watching this video, what do you think of companies like Google, Facebook, Apple, and Uber for providing this benefit to their female employees? Is this the wave of the future and should other companies follow suit?Q2- Do you see this health benefit as providing more options and advantages for their female employees? Or do you perceive this benefit as being more detrimental in the long run? Or both?Q3- What do you think about the start-up companies which are aimed at women’s health? Are you concerned by these companies making billions of dollars off of women’s health issues OR are they providing health services that have long been ignored? Do you have concerns regarding social justice issues? Q4- According to the second article, what do you think about the increase in the number of women who are opting to freeze their eggs (“in 2009, 475 women froze their eggs, according to the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART). By 2016, that number was 7,276”). The author goes on to say that “that figure, however, does not differentiate between women who freeze their eggs for what are called “social” or “elective” reasons and those that are “medically necessary.” Do you think that this is a problem? Or is this no one’s business the reason(s) that a woman decides to freeze her eggs?Q5- Lastly what do you think about egg-freezing clinics targeting millennials? Are they putting pressure on millennials to secure their future OR are they concerned about women not “missing” this window of opportunity?  Social Science Psychology PSYC 1A Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)