A recent opinion piece in American Thinker has taken aim at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) over reports that she has frozen her eggs, using the occasion to attack her past comments about gender-neutral language and her views on motherhood and climate change.
Writing for the conservative outlet, author Noel S. Williams framed the congresswoman’s decision as contradictory to her stated positions on reproductive language and feminism. The piece, titled “AOC retains the option to become a ‘birthing person’,” argues that freezing her eggs undermines her earlier criticisms of what she described as “patriarchal” views of women’s value.
A 2021 tweet at the center of the critique
Williams cited a 2021 tweet from Ocasio-Cortez in which she said, “GOP mad at this are protecting the patriarchal idea that women are most valuable as uterus holders.” The congresswoman made the comment in the context of debates over gender-inclusive language, including the phrase “menstruating people.”
Williams argued that freezing her eggs “only serves to highlight the ultimate worth of women as ‘uterus holders,’ a.k.a., mothers.” He wrote that if she later decides to have children, the embryo would be implanted in her uterus, a biological reality he says her own rhetoric downplays.
The piece also quotes Ocasio-Cortez as having said, “some women also don’t menstruate,” which Williams called evidence of cognitive dissonance. He suggested that her insistence on using “menstruating people” while acknowledging that not all women menstruate reflects a broader confusion in feminist discourse.
Climate change and motherhood questioned
Williams went on to question why Ocasio-Cortez would freeze her eggs if, as he claims, she has said the world will soon end due to climate change. He wrote that she has “questioned the salubrity of having children due to climate change,” calling it hypocritical to undergo the procedures involved in egg freezing under such beliefs.
The article also invoked the Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius, citing his view that nature is a rational and unified whole where everything serves a purpose. Williams extrapolated that “another natural and necessary purpose is bestowed on women only — to give birth,” and accused “fake feminists” of going against nature and risking madness.
A pattern of heated rhetoric
The American Thinker piece is characteristic of the outlet’s commentary style, blending political criticism with philosophical tangents. Williams wrote that Ocasio-Cortez has “debilitating daddy issues” and “malevolent mental issues,” and suggested she exhibits a “dissociative disorder” based on her “empirical behavior.”
It is worth noting that the piece is an opinion column, not a news report. The claims about Ocasio-Cortez’s mental health and motivations are speculative and are presented as the author’s interpretation rather than established fact.
The congresswoman has not publicly responded to the piece, and no confirmation of the egg-freezing report beyond the article’s assertion has been provided in the source.
Ocasio-Cortez has long been a polarizing figure in American politics, and her positions on gender, climate, and economic policy have drawn both praise and criticism. This latest commentary from American Thinker continues that pattern, focusing on her personal choices as a lens for broader ideological critique.
Source: www.americanthinker.com — https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/08/aoc-retains-the-option-to-become-a-birthing-person/