Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has become a national talking point after she announced that she had begun freezing her eggs, and not everyone is applauding.
The New York congresswoman announced on Saturday, 8 August 2026, that she had begun the procedure, sharing footage of herself administering a hormone injection on her Instagram story. The disclosure, made just hours before a scheduled appearance on ABC's 'This Week', has since drawn both support from reproductive rights advocates and sharp criticism from commentators questioning her rationale and her political timing. Ocasio-Cortez has been in a decade-long relationship with fiancé Riley Roberts, a web developer she met at Boston University.
