Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she is freezing her eggs as she decides her next political moves ahead of the 2028 presidential election campaign.
“This is a choice that I am making to feel more in control of my life,” Ocasio-Cortez, 36, said on Instagram about her decision regarding her reproductive options.
The New York congresswoman, a leading figure of Democrats' progressive left flank, did not say explicitly whether she plans to have children. She said in her social media posts that she was taking a “political risk” in talking so personally about her potential family plans.
She said later on ABC “This Week” on Sunday that she has not ruled out running for president or for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrats’ floor leader, Chuck Schumer of New York, in 2028. She explained that she wants to normalize conversations about what women face in their professional and personal lives, while also highlighting the policies of President Donald Trump's administration.
“In this political environment, where this administration is denying reproductive care to women across the country, from abortion rights to the ability to carry out a healthy pregnancy, I think it’s important for us as leaders to have these conversations,” she said.
Trump's administration opposes abortion rights, and the Republican president's first-term appointees to the Supreme Court provided the margins in the 2022 ruling that struck down the Roe v. Wade decision that had established a constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy.
Separately, however, Trump in 2025 signed an executive order designed to lower the costs of in vitro fertilization.
Ocasio-Cortez sponsored a Democratic bill in 2022, when the party controlled the House, to codify abortion rights into federal law after the Supreme Court's abortion decision.
As part of her weekend announcement, Ocasio-Cortez noted that women — in politics and other fields — face different standards and scrutiny about their family status.
“Men run for office, or frankly they interview for jobs, and people don’t think in the back of their minds, 'OK, this guy’s running for office, how old is he? Oh, well, is he going to want to start a family?'” she said.
FILE - Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand (AP) — Will Young made a career-best 125 and Matt Henry dismissed Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer in his first over as New Zealand beat India by 244 runs Friday in the fourth one-day cricket international.
Henry finished with his career-best of 6-27 as India was bowled out for in 89 in 26.4 overs, suffering its second largest in terms of runs in ODIs.
India still leads the series 2-1 ahead of the final match at the same venue on Sunday but New Zealand now has a chance of avoiding its first loss in in ODI series at home in seven years.
Young was dropped twice with his score on five and made India pay, reaching a century from 88 balls as New Zealand made 333 after being sent in.
Henry then took three wickets without conceding a run in the first over of India's innings in a dramatic return from injury. New Zealand had nine players out with injuries and more reassigned to its test squad for the first test which starts in Wellington on Thursday.
Henry bowled Rohit with the first ball of the India innings, squaring up the batter which a sharp delivery that took the shoulder of the bat and flew to Finn Allen who took a diving catch at first slip.
Kohli was out to the fifth ball of the over which seamed back late from outside off and wrecked his stumps as he showed every sign of bewilderment.
Iyer who took over the captaincy from Shubman Gill who has joined India's squad for the first test on Thursday was out next ball, trapped lbw by another delivery that cut back sharply from off.
“The wind was so strong and I was keeping things very simple,” Henry said. “It's funny how things work out when you're just trying to have a simple game plan and not getting too carried away.”
Kyle Jamieson joined in, dismissing Ruturaj Gaikwad in the sixth over to leave India 9-4 and Nick Kelly dropped Axar Patel next ball, saving the tourists from being 9-5.
Patel went on to make 21 and to share a 44-run partnership with wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan (27) which went a little way to saving India's blushes.
Henry returned to dismiss Kishan with the first ball of his second spell and bowled Kuldeep Yadav (1) to complete his fourth five-wicket bag in ODIs. He then bowled Gurnoor Brar to end the innings.
“There was a huge difference in the first innings and the second innings in terms of the pitch but also credit where it's due, the way Henry bowled in the right areas from ball one was quite sensational,” Iyer said.
Earlier, Young was dropped by Rohit Sharma at first slip off Auqib Nabi in the second over of New Zealand's innings and by wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan next ball before going on to make his fifth ODI century, his first against India, from 88 balls.
Young saw New Zealand lose Seifert and newcomers Nick Young (4) and Dean Foxcroft (8) in quick succession, then reestablished New Zealand's command in a partnership of 90 with Finn Allen for the fourth wicket. Allen made 41 from 30 balls in a stand that spanned the 20th to the 30th overs.
India had a new captain as Iyer took over from Shubman Gill but its success with the toss continued as Iyer won its eighth toss from nine matches across the T20 and ODI series and sent New Zealand. For the first time in this series, Friday's match was played in fine, sunny weather.
Rain affected the first match of the series in Auckland, which India won by five wickets, and the second in Wellington, which India won by four runs to take a 2-0 series lead. The third match in Wellington on Tuesday was washed out without a ball being bowled.
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New Zealand's Matt Henry celebrates bowling India's Mayank Yadav during a One Day International cricket match in Tauranga, New Zealand, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. (Marty Melville/Photosport via AP)
India's Ishan Kishan plays a shot against New Zealand during a One Day International cricket match in Tauranga, New Zealand, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. (Marty Melville/Photosport via AP)
New Zealand's Matt Henry bowls against India during a One Day International cricket match in Tauranga, New Zealand, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. (Marty Melville/Photosport via AP)
New Zealand's Matt Henry, left, bowls against India during a One Day International cricket match in Tauranga, New Zealand, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. (Marty Melville/Photosport via AP)
New Zealand's Matt Henry, center, celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of India's Virat Kohli during a One Day International cricket match in Tauranga, New Zealand, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. (Marty Melville/Photosport via AP)
India's Axar Patel celebrates taking the wicket of New Zealand's Nick Kelly during an International One Day cricket match in Tauranga, New Zealand, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. (Marty Melville/Photosport via AP)
India's wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan catches out New Zealand's Tim Seifert during an International One Day cricket match in Tauranga, New Zealand, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. (Marty Melville/Photosport via AP)
India's Arshdeep Singh fields the ball while bowling to New Zealand during an International One Day cricket match in Tauranga, New Zealand, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. (Marty Melville/Photosport via AP)
New Zealand's Will Young plays a shot against India during an International One Day cricket match in Tauranga, New Zealand, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. (Marty Melville/Photosport via AP)
India's players celebrate during Game 2 of the one day international cricket between New Zealand and India, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026, in Wellington, New Zealand. Chris Symes/Photosport via AP)
India's Shreyas Iyer bats during Game 2 of the one day international cricket between New Zealand and India, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026, in Wellington, New Zealand. (Chris Symes/Photosport via AP)
