The real reasons why more young women freeze their eggs

Phelan Johnson here, and I host a podcast about the legal cases that changed Canada. It's called See You in Court. And we've been working on a story about residential school survivor Willie Blackwater. At just thirteen, Willie held a knife to his rapist's throat. It was the first time he stood up to his abusers at residential school.

But it wasn't the last, and it leads Willie on a years-long quest to hold the church and government to account. The story of Willie's fight for justice is in your feeds this week wherever you get your podcasts. This is a CBC podcast. Nine months is not long in a lifetime, but if you're like the average mother to be, when it's nearly over, you will be ready. In fact, you will be more than ready.

You will be waiting. For most of human history, it didn't matter if a woman was ready or waiting, pregnancy and childbirth just happened, whether circumstances were ideal or not. By the mid-1960s, reliable birth control had arrived. Pregnancy could now be delayed or even avoided. And today,

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