Lesley Stahl

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Lesley Stahl |Aliza Chasan

As more and more women turn to egg freezing, hoping to hit pause on their biological clocks and have children when they're older, some experts caution against relying on the medical procedure. Egg freezing is costly and doesn't offer any guarantees, said Vardit Ravitsky, president of the Hastings Center, a bioethics research institute. She understands why egg freezing sounds exciting to young women, but thinks it sends them the wrong message.

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Lesley Stahl |Aliza Chasan

She knew she wanted to be a mom, so it was a big shock to Tina Rampino when her gynecologist told her she was running out of time to have kids. Egg freezing was not yet common and it wasn't covered by her insurance, but Rampino, then 35, took a leap of faith, which at the time she considered to be her backup plan. She's now a 46-year-old single mother by choice of two little boys, thanks to egg freezing.

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Lesley Stahl |Aliza Chasan

While birth rates in the United States are near historic lows, more and more American women are freezing their eggs to preserve their fertility. The number of procedures has increased more than six times over, from 6,000 in 2014, to more than 39,000 in 2023. The process, which only became an accepted practice 12 years ago, has allowed women to freeze both their eggs and, some say, their biological clocks.

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Lesley Stahl

Egg freezing raises big hopes and questions Fertility rates in the United States are near historic lows. One reason is a sharp decline over the last three decades in the number of American women having babies in their 20s. And yet there's been no change in women's biology, or the age at which fertility declines. unsolvable problem? Enter egg freezing.

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Lesley Stahl |Aliza Chasan

Inside the world of Banana Ball Jesse Cole's childhood dreams of playing for his hometown Boston Red Sox ended with a shoulder injury in college. He pivoted to coaching instead. While in the dugout one day, though, Cole realized something: he was bored out of his mind. "If I'm bored, there's gotta be other people that are probably bored with baseball as well," he said.