District of Columbia, sex education in, 22

divorce, 298–99

Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022), 199, 201, 296

Domar, Alice, 288

Donini, Piero, 215

donor eggs, 45, 132n, 149, 170–71, 192, 203, 204, 221–24, 307, 308

donor sperm, 307

Don’t Call Me Princess (Orenstein), 272–73

DOR (see diminished ovarian reserve)

Dunham, Lena, 302–3

E

ectogenesis, 322

education (see sex education)

education level, 41

EggBanxx, 3–6, 11, 14, 32, 33, 45n, 52, 140, 151, 183–85

egg cells

degrading and dying of, 29

development of, 28

freezing (see egg freezing)

oocytes, 29, 68, 149, 153, 172

oogonia, 28

size of, 28

egg donors, 45, 132n, 149, 170–71, 192, 203, 204, 221–24, 307, 308

egg freezing, xvi–xviii, 3, 8–9, 14, 126, 131–33, 164

advertising and, 15, 53, 89, 178, 192, 258, 277

age at, 45, 231–32

attrition rates, 173–85

cancer patients and, 49, 50, 93–94, 169, 193

celebrities and, 15, 53

cost of, 4, 5, 51, 53, 182–85, 188–93, 198, 249, 255, 258, 259, 271, 278, 280, 303, 307n, 311, 314, 333, 338, 342, 343

Covid-19 pandemic and, 311–13, 315

custody rights and, 298

decrease in stigma of, 15, 314

disposition decisions, 233n, 297–300

embryo freezing compared to, 231, 232, 234, 248

experimental designation for, 49–51, 258n

failures, 285–94, 295n, 297, 301, 303–9, 304–8, 314, 318

financing, 190–92, 197, 198, 231

flash-frozen eggs, 48–49

growth of, xvi, 14–15, 52, 168, 311

history of, 46–48

hormone injections, 15, 34, 62, 64, 67, 81–83, 88, 90–91, 135–36, 151, 161–63, 172, 187, 189, 212–21, 223–26, 244–45, 248, 249, 259, 264, 278, 338, 342

immature eggs and, 153n, 162

insurance and, 32, 53, 203–5

long-term harm and, 220, 222–26

marketing, 15, 183, 185, 256–59, 314

mix-ups, 292

multiple cycles of, 150, 176, 189, 222, 223, 259, 343

new storage options, 315–20, 343

for non-medical reasons, 32