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O<\/span>ver the weekend, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez posted a series of <\/span>updates<\/span> to her Instagram story documenting her experience with hormone injections to start the process of freezing her eggs for future use.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Serving in public office for seven years, the 36-year-old Congresswoman is well past the mean U.S. maternal age for first birth, which was 27.5, according to <\/span>recent data<\/span>. Although Ocasio-Cortez has been engaged to her fianc\u00e9, Riley Roberts, since 2022, she has no children. Some political analysts believe that preserving her fertility may be a move for a possible 2028 presidential bid.\u00a0(RELATED: The Spectator P.M.<\/i>\u00a0Ep. 237: AOC Freezing Her Eggs Is Not \u2018Badass\u2019 \u2014 It\u2019s Bad)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In a recent <\/span>ABC interview<\/span>, Ocasio-Cortez refused to rule out a presidential run. When asked about a Granite State poll showing her leading the Democratic field in New Hampshire, she insisted she is focused on upcoming congressional midterms. However, regarding 2028, she added, \u201cI haven\u2019t ruled out the possibility,\u201d noting that \u201canything is possible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

While managing a pregnancy during a grueling presidential campaign would pose obvious logistical challenges, Ocasio-Cortez framed her decision around current reproductive politics and the current administration\u2019s views on the sanctity of human life. In her videos, she accused the Trump administration of being \u201cdedicated to politicizing women\u2019s bodies and taking our choices away from us and punishing us around decisions to be pregnant or not be pregnant.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Her public transparency drew mixed reactions. While supporters praised Ocasio-Cortez for destigmatizing fertility treatments, critics questioned the cultural impact of promoting assisted reproductive technologies like egg freezing and in vitro fertilization (IVF).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Turning Point USA spokesman Andrew Kolvet <\/span>argued on X<\/span> that Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s posts elevate progressive career-first values over the natural desires for family and children. \u201cThis is the message progressives spread when it comes to family formation, and one of the reasons why fertility rates are cratering,\u201d he said. In essence, Kolvet stated, the message Ocasio-Cortez promotes is, \u201cJust freeze your eggs, kids! Pursue that career, even if you\u2019ve been engaged for 4 years to a man you\u2019ve known since college.\u201d Kolvet added that pushing women to delay marriage and family in pursuit of career goals represents \u201ca cautionary tale\u201d rather than female liberation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Beyond political commentary, bioethicists point to deeper moral questions surrounding assisted reproduction. Theologian Dr. Carl Trueman has written extensively on human dignity in a culture obsessed with individualism and commercialism. In his article \u201c<\/span>The Tragedy of IVF<\/span>,\u201d Trueman argued that critics of IVF are not the ones denying human dignity but quite the opposite, writing: \u201cWhile I do not deny the humanity of the child born by IVF or surrogacy, the procedures do.\u201d\u00a0(RELATED: New York State Serves Up Insanity on Egg Freezing)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Critiques like Trueman\u2019s contend that, left unchecked, technological fertility risks treating children as commercial products and parents as consumers who can pick and choose between the most viable eggs. Notably, Ocasio-Cortez listed \u201cgenetic testing\u201d in her videos as a key reason women choose to undergo egg-freezing procedures. This is a concerning rationale that may lead parents to feel completely justified in discarding unwanted eggs that don\u2019t meet their subjective standards.\u00a0(RELATED: A New Era in Gene Editing)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Trueman additionally posed a critical question: \u201cIs the embryo that tests positive for Down syndrome a person with rights or a substandard product to be thrown away?\u201d Although once thought unthinkable, recent <\/span>social media posts<\/span> have told a different story of how current culture views the weakest members of society.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ocasio-Cortez concluded her posts by arguing that current restrictions leave women operating out of \u201cfear and insecurity.\u201d Yet for others, the push to turn reproductive biology into a public political statement exposes a deeper, more concerning cultural shift, one where the unborn are treated as a commodity, and the already born are considered completely sovereign over the lives of others.<\/span><\/p>\n

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