Sona Makker

Center for Genetics and Society (CGS)

Sona Makker is a CGS Staff Associate at the Center for Genetics and Society, and is helping organize this year’s Tarrytown Meetings. She graduated with honors from UC Berkeley with a B.A. in Sociology and a Minor in Global Poverty. Her experiences include running and managing a community clinic in Berkeley and conducting qualitative research focused on informing responsible innovation in healthcare. She is interested in legal policies surrounding reproductive technologies and plans on pursuing a J.D. in 2013.

Egg Freezing: Taking a Closer Look at the Experimental Label

Should young women who aren’t ready to have children have their eggs extracted and frozen as an “insurance policy” for future motherhood? Several recent media features seem to be promoting egg freezing, with little or no mention of the risks involved for women who undergo egg retrieval procedures or for the children that might be born as a result.