we look at some of the questions the practice is raising, with: sarah elizabeth richard, the author oftherhood rescheduled, the new frontier of egg freezing and the women who tried it." and, alta charo, a professor of law and bio-ethics at the university of wisconsin madison. alta charo, i wonder if we're moving now from choices based on health concerns to choices based on having greater options. >> in a sense, yes, we are. egg freezing was important for women who had to undergo a medical preening such as chemotherapy and who wanted to at least preserve the possibility of having children genetically of their own some time in the future. but the prospect of women beginning to do this in order to simply preserve their fertility while they advance their careers is a new phenomenon and somewhat more troubling because it is simply not as successful as having children through ordinary conception or even true ordinary in vitro fertilization and freezing your embryos. >> ifill: sara's kosher pizza, -- sarah elizabeth richard, you've written a book about this, "motherhood rescheduled: the new f

join meg now, sarah elizabeth richards, author of "mother hood rescheduled."nd megan garber, a staff writer for "the atlantic." is this just a new and enhanced benefit of health care policies? >> it's a great thing just from the fact that it offers this opportunity to more women. it does feel sticky that it's coming from an employer, other than your mother offering it to you as a graduation gift. it brings up questions we vice president dealt with before. >> like what? >> the first generation of women who froze their eggs, they were in late 30s, early 40s. most of them didn't have a partner or gone through a breakup. that's why they froze. now you've got younger women doing it. you think what happens if you're 32 and your employer offers you this benefit, is it going to change the way you think about egg freezing and what kind of expectations is your employer going to have of you? >> it seems the only way it should affect your thinking is if you were wanting to freeze eggs but couldn't afford it and now you might be able to afford it, then there you go. >> i w