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AOC’s insurance won’t pay to freeze her eggs. Yours probably won’t either.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she’s freezing her eggs. But barriers remain for many Americans. | Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images Over the weekend, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) announced on Instagram that she had joined the thousands of American women who freeze their eggs every year, a number that has been steadily growing for the past decade. “This is a choice that I am making to feel more in control of my life,” Ocasio-Cortez said in her Instagram story sharing her decision. As politicians in the public eye often do, Ocasio-Cortez turned her personal choice into a sta...