Freezing eggs can cost about $10,000 per cycle of egg production, but Facebook and Apple cover costs up to $20,000. Some advocate the possible benefits the policy could have, such as encouraging more women to enter and stay in the workforce, while others have pointed out that encouraging delayed childbirth could be unhealthy, dangerous or impractical, since egg freezing can be an unreliable method of inducing pregnancy.
Which tech companies are paying for female employees to freeze their eggs?
Answer: Apple and Facebook
Two of Silicon Valley’s biggest tech companies are covering the costs of female employees to freeze their reproductive eggs, allowing them to spend more of their younger years in the office and delay child-rearing until later.
Freezing eggs can cost about $10,000 per cycle of egg production, but Facebook and Apple cover costs up to $20,000. Some advocate the possible benefits the policy could have, such as encouraging more women to enter and stay in the workforce, while others have pointed out that encouraging delayed childbirth could be unhealthy, dangerous or impractical, since egg freezing can be an unreliable method of inducing pregnancy.
Freezing eggs can cost about $10,000 per cycle of egg production, but Facebook and Apple cover costs up to $20,000. Some advocate the possible benefits the policy could have, such as encouraging more women to enter and stay in the workforce, while others have pointed out that encouraging delayed childbirth could be unhealthy, dangerous or impractical, since egg freezing can be an unreliable method of inducing pregnancy.
