Our mission is to ensure every young woman newly diagnosed with cancer has the option to preserve fertility through direct financial support, educational programs, and advocacy efforts.
We refuse to let the emotional, physical, and financial cost of a cancer diagnosis stand between young women and a full life after beating this disease.
young adults are diagnosed with cancer in the U.S. each year.
can be the out-of-pocket cost for a single IVF cycle.
LESS THAN
PERCENT
of physicians discuss the damage cancer treatment may have on fertility.
Many insurance companies will not cover preservation for patients.
ONLY
STATES
have legislation supporting oncofertility services.
Hope Grant Recipients
Fertility Clinic Locations
Saved in Medical Expenses for Patients & Families
Pledged
Eggs Frozen
– Roshni, Survivor & Grant Recipient
Our Hope Grant Program supports newly diagnosed female patients choosing to preserve fertility options ahead of treatment. Please contact us for more information about where we work geographically and our current fertility partners across the country.
After her *third* cancer diagnosis before age 40, our founder Amanda Rice channeled her frustration with reproductive health into a nonprofit.
Next up in our NIAW series is Dr. Jaime Knopman of @ccrmfertility, our fearless Chief Medical Officer, who has been steadfast in our mission’s growth from the get-go 💛
JK is a force to be reckoned with — on the marathon course, cheering on her girls on the pitch, and of course, when it comes to building families and harnessing hope for future fertility options. Thank you for all that you do, this #NIAW and every week 💪✨
The future looks bright! ✨😎
Up next in our #NIAW series is Anisha Chaudhry, an OB/Gyn resident in NYC. 🩺🏙️
She’s currently in a Gyn-Oncology rotation at Memorial Sloan Kettering, underscoring the role of The Chick Mission in increasing access to oncofertility care. 💪🐥
Kicking off our #NIAW series is Dr. Janet Choi, Chief Medical Officer of Progyny and Medical Advisory Board member at The Chick Mission!
We at The Chick Mission are honored by Dr. Choi’s steadfast commitment to the oncofertility community — and the work of Progyny, in making fertility benefits increasingly accessible.
Watch the full video to hear Dr. Choi’s ✨why✨ and her role models 💗
NIAW is here! And this week, we’re spotlight inspiring survivors, nurses, REIs and more — and their ✨why✨
Stay tuned to hear how these incredible flock members show up for the oncofertility community this week — and every week 🐥💕
San Francisco flock, rise up! May 4th’s The Great Egg Freeze in the Bay has ✨everything✨:
🌉 Breathtaking backdrop: plunge with the Golden Gate behind you!
🐥 Impactful mission: expanding access and awareness for oncofertility care
🫧 Fun activities for the whole fam
🌮 Delicious bites…and so much more!
🎟️ Save your spot at the link in bio!!
“State Medicaid expansion would affirm the right of all people to have a family — a right explicitly stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rightsopens in a new tab or window. The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (@asrm_org) echoed this in a 2021 Ethics Committee opinionopens in a new tab or window, asserting that family-building is a basic human right and that efforts to reduce the economic burdens of treatment should include increasing insurance coverage.
The latter follows the framework of reproductive justiceopens in a new tab or window, highlighting the dual importance of having reproductive rights and having access to reproductive health services to exercise those rights.”
-Catherine Stratis and Isabel Chess, medical students @icahnmountsinai in their Second Opinions piece for @medpage. Tap the link in bio for the full piece! 🩺
Can’t wait to kick off next week with @fertility_ny for a @soulcycle fundraiser kicking off National Infertility Awareness Week (NIAW) 🧡🐥🚲
Flashing it back to last year’s event — where the spirits were high, as was the impact! Let’s GO round 2!! 💪
Florida! 🌊🌞🕶️You sure know how to have a good time — while gathering for a good cause, of course! 🌴 This weekend’s The Greet Egg Freeze leaned on the warmer side, but that didn’t deter the crowd from showing up for a daring celebration, raising funds / awareness for the organization’s expanded impact in the Sunshine State 💛
Thank you to the plungers — and supporters — that made this day a success! 💪🌊💛🐣
Chicks on a Mission!! 🛸🚀🐥
Flock member Kerianne Flynn was part of the history-making crew that blasted off this morning — and Executive Board Member Jamie Parrot was there cheering on her friend’s bold adventure 🙌💛✨
This #MedicalMonday, we’re breaking down an essential part of oncofertility: the processes that can help to secure hope for a brighter future, which might include building a family.
Through our Hope Grant Program, we’re helping with a necessary step in the ART process: the harvesting of oocytes 🐣
Florida, we’re making moves! In addition to this weekend’s The Great Egg Freeze, we have some exciting updates. HB 67 is up for discussion in the house next week, which would expand access to oncofertility care to state workers, getting us ONE step closer to our ultimate mission: to not exist! 💪🌞🎉
We had an inspiring week in the Sunshine State, connecting with representatives, underscoring with them the importance of the Bill - and how many Floridians it would be able to assist. 🌴
Form linked in bio to send a note directly to Georgia’s Governor Kemp 📝
It will take less than 15 seconds to tell Governor Kemp that all Georgians deserve the chance to build a family after life-saving treatment. 💛
Hellooo, Sunshine State! 🌞🌴🕶️
The Chick Mission is thrilled to return to Florida for The Great Egg Freeze plunge this Sunday, April 13!! This year, we can make an even bigger splash: we’ve expanded our programs to directly serve cancer patients across the state of Florida - and all funds raised through this event will be matched dollar-for-dollar (up to $50,000) thanks to the generosity of the Webb Family Foundation!
🔗 Save your spot at the link in bio! 😎
This #MedicalMonday we’re breaking down the core issue that planted the organization’s founding: Gonadal Toxicity. Despite the potential side effects of these critical treatment-options, many insurance companies do not provide coverage for fertility preservation for patients ahead of chemo or radiation therapy, since they aren’t infertile — yet.
We’re on a mission to change access to this care, together 🤝
Knowledge is power 💪✨ The team had the best time chatting at @brown_advisory and sharing a breadth of knowledge on oncofertility care, reproductive health and ways to embed wellness, community and self care while navigating your health journey!
Many thanks to Peeps Committee member Sarah for helping to create this session and co-leading it with Dr. Mary Sabo (@sabomks), Dr. Anate Brauer (@dranatebrauer), Dr. Nandini Sarah and Tracy Weiss, Executive Director of The Chick Mission! ✨🐥
“My favorite part of being on the Peeps Committee has been connecting with others with a similar passion and spreading the word about oncofertility options — and getting that word out to people in Arizona and beyond. And connecting with friends and making sure they’re aware of monthly breast exams and how important it is to advocate for yourself in healthcare,” shares Peep @katieasher who has played an instrumental role in growing our impact Out West! 🐥🌵💕
Attention, Georgia! 📣
Here’s what’s up: HB 94 is headed back to the House to approve changes made in the Senate Committee (featured here are updates from yesterday’s meeting / Senate Floor vote).
📑We need your letters of support TODAY to make sure the importance of this bill is underscored. If passed, access to care for those impacted by iatrogenic infertility would be greatly increased. Head to the link in bio to send!
Bubbles is back! 🥂🫧 Join us on May 21 as we clink champagne flutes to the progress that’s been made - and raise crucial funds and awareness for oncofertility care!
We’ll be at the stunning Laduree Soho garden, with cherry blossoms floating down and dynamic conversations flowing. 🌸
🎟️ We are now down to just 20 spots left!! Join us - and get your ticket at the link in bio!
In waiting room after waiting room during her treatment, Lindsay looked around at young peers and asked: did you freeze your eggs? Without exception, she was met with looks of shock. In 2006, only 26% of young women with breast cancer reported they were counseled about their fertility options. In 2023, that number grew but was still just 41%. Parallel research suggests that when counseled, one in five women with breast cancer would modify their treatment, even choosing less effective methods or forgoing treatment altogether to protect their fertility.
For all of the cancer survivors who never got a chance to pursue parenthood, Lindsay founded an organization she called Fertile Hope. She coined the term “oncofertility” and changed medical guidelines to make fertility counseling a standard part of discussing cancer treatments.
But progress in medicine did not automatically translate into progress in the health system. In 2014, Amanda Rice was in her thirties and working at a hedge fund in New York when she learned she had breast cancer. Unlike Lindsay, her doctors counseled her about fertility preservation, and she was less certain she wanted to be a mom. Still, given her profession and actuarial brain, she approached the decision to freeze her eggs like a “long dated call option,” which I loosely interpret to mean she knew she wanted to maintain the possibility.
When Amanda called her insurer to approve the procedure, they informed her she didn’t qualify because she wasn’t technically infertile yet. It was a catch-22: insurers would only cover her care if she carried an active infertility diagnosis, but she could only get that diagnosis if she allowed the treatment to sterilize her…at which point fertility preservation would be useless.
“That moment was the absolute worst part of my treatment. I guess I was living in la la land my whole life, but I couldn’t fathom that somebody wouldn’t do the right thing and would use a cruel loophole to deny me care,” Amanda shared.
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For the full piece from @mavenclinic’s Preprint, head to the link in bio!
Earlier this week, survivor, Chick Mission Executive Board Member, mom, businesswoman — and overall inspiring chick — Lindsey VanEgmond shared her story from diagnosis to growing a family. It’s through the bravery and vulnerability of women like Lindsey that change is continuously seen in this space.
Thank you, Lindsey, for sharing and supporting Bill A5000. Learn more about the New Jersey Bill’s significance at the link in bio.
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