Samantha Stephenson is a Catholic author and bioethicist whose work explores what it means to be human in the age of biotechnology. She hosts the podcast Brave New Us and is the author of Reclaiming Motherhood from a Culture Gone Mad and the forthcoming books The Bellbind Letters and Grow Where You're Planted.
The problem of egg freezing cannot be solved by safer methods or better policies. Beyond the physical and financial costs, there is a more insidious myth at work - one that speaks to our deepest assumptions about time, control, and what gives life meaning.
Date posted: 2025-07-10
When we reject suffering and seek to replace it with artificiality, we miss our invitation to submit to the conditions under which love flourishes. We also lose sight of the meaning and purpose of our existence, which is not to pursue our own comfort and convenience, but to love God and our neighbor, even when that involves sacrifice and hardship.
Date posted: 2024-06-16