But Ocasio-Cortez’s rah-rah rhetoric can’t disguise the bleak reality of why some women freeze their eggs. But according to one researcher, clear patterns emerge when you look at why women decide to freeze their eggs. Yale University professor Marcia Inhorn, who focuses on anthropology and international affairs, conducted a study of 114 women who chose to freeze their eggs for her 2023 book “Motherhood on Ice: The Mating Gap and Why Women Freeze Their Eggs.” Women who choose to freeze their eggs are largely not doing it because their first choice is to have kids later in life. In fact, many women who freeze their eggs either don’t succeed in having a viable pregnancy from their eggs or they never pursue motherhood further.