Freezing the Biological Clock: A 60 Minutes Exploration
In a revealing segment, Lesley Stahl dives into the growing trend of egg freezing among young women, a choice increasingly viewed as a means of preserving fertility for the future. This procedure, while gaining popularity, comes with significant financial implications and no guarantees of success. As societal pressures and career aspirations shape personal timelines, many women find themselves weighing the emotional and practical considerations of pausing their biological clocks.
This powerful report highlights stories of women navigating their decisions, shedding light on the complexities surrounding fertility preservation in today’s fast-paced world. From the motivations behind egg freezing to the practicalities and realities of the process, Stahl’s investigation provides valuable insights into a topic that is resonating with many.
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0:36 let me stop you right there. The reason that we are having less Babies is because we can’t afford to have them and because of Roe versus Wade. It’s too dangerous to have them.
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"The bourgeoisie cannot exist without constantly revolutionizing the instruments of production, and thereby the relations of production, and with them the whole relations of society. Conservation of the old modes of production in unaltered form, was, on the contrary, the first condition of existence for all earlier industrial classes. Constant revolutionizing of production, uninterrupted disturbance of all social conditions, everlasting uncertainty and agitation distinguish the bourgeois epoch from all earlier ones. All fixed, fast-frozen relations, with their train of ancient and venerable prejudices and opinions, are swept away, all new-formed ones become antiquated before they can ossify. All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled to face with sober senses his real conditions of life, and his relations with his kind." -Karl Marx, 1848.
How do most of you feel about this?
WHO has the money 💰 to freeze eggs? Are they making payments via Klarna, PayPal or Affirm? 😆
God bless anyone with the love & courage to have a kid.
I'm 45 & no kids. I couldn't imagine …..
How sad. Much better to have a baby in their 20's. Too many health issues in your 40's and beyond for most to have a baby.
They ignored the nice guy and chose Chad and Tyrone
What man wants to marry dried up eggs 😂
Pregnancy in the late forties is very challenging on so many levels with or without frozen eggs
Imagine being 60 with kid in middle school. They have no clue how much that will suck lol
Shows like this propoganda give false hope to women who do not prioritize finding a good man, and marrying when they are capable of reproduction.
The wall remains undefeated 😂😂
Father time waits for no one.
It's because 20 year old women have to work now. Dad going to work only doesn't pay all the bills now a days.
“Strong & independent” and eventually childless and cat 🐈 ladies.
I am 46 and I have two kids 5 and 3 years old, let me tell you something that is a lot of work.
I guess this is better then abortions , but very abnormal wuth perhaps an abnormal baby !
I'd prefer the old fashion way , oh what a feeling
who picks these stories is on another planet.
what about the world riots?
If a freezer fails, do they get their money back?
You can't influence your egg qualities by living a healthy lifestyle????
I don't think that's true