US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (a progressive Democratic congresswoman from New York) announced over the weekend that she is undergoing egg-freezing treatment and intends to document the process publicly on Instagram. The 36-year-old said the decision was about feeling more in control of her life, and administered an injection on camera to demonstrate the reality of the hormone-based procedure, which typically involves daily self-injections over roughly ten days or more. Ocasio-Cortez said she was sharing the experience to normalise fertility treatment for working women, framing it as particularly important at a time when the current US administration has curtailed reproductive healthcare access across the country.