Costs remain a barrier to egg freezing, so should the government subsidise it?

Molly Benjamin, a financial literacy advocate, has been sharing her egg-freezing journey on her platform the Ladies Finance Club. (Credit: Monica Pronk)

As Australia grapples with a declining fertility rate, an increasing number of women are taking matters into their own hands.

The number of Australian women who froze their eggs tripled in the five years to 2020, but it is an expensive process that comes with no guarantees.