She called the decision "badass" and framed it, alongside her fight for reproductive rights, as a corrective to everything women were never taught about their own bodies. What she didn't mention is what it costs—financially, physically, relationally, and in unrealized dreams for motherhood. A congresswoman can absorb thousands of dollars per cycle, storage fees, and the subsequent cycles of IVF that follow if she ever wants to use her eggs to have a baby. Most of the young women watching her cannot.







