--- title: Sarah Elizabeth Richards | TIME description: Richards is a journalist who frequently writes about genetics and the author of Motherhood, Rescheduled: The New Frontier of Egg Freezing and the Women Who Tried It. canonical: https://time.com/author/sarah-elizabeth-richards/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/sarah-elizabeth-richards/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Sarah Richards ## Sarah Richards [_Richards_](http://sarahelizabethrichards.com/) _is a journalist who frequently writes about genetics and the author of_ [_Motherhood, Rescheduled: The New Frontier of Egg Freezing and the Women Who Tried It_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/141656702X/?tag=timecom-20)_._ ## Sarah Richards *  Jul 17, 2018 ### [Why There’s a Deep Cultural Aversion to DNA Testing, Even When It Can Reunite Separated Immigrant Families](https://time.com/5340278/dna-testing-immigration-family-separation/) How to understand the backlash to a possible solution [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 3, 2015 ### [Men Are the Forgotten Grievers in Miscarriage](https://time.com/3982471/men-are-the-forgotten-grievers-in-miscarriage/) The lesson from Mark Zuckerberg's decision to open up [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 10, 2015 ### [Women Should Never Have an Age Limit on Fertility Treatment](https://time.com/3914293/women-fertility-treatment-age/) A woman’s right to have a baby should be based on medical fact—not social judgment. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 4, 2015 ### [Three-Parent IVF Deserves a Chance in the U.S.](https://time.com/3694832/three-parent-ivf/) All new fertility methods sound crazy at first [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 20, 2014 ### [Someone I Loved Was Never Born](https://time.com/3596989/miscarriage-someone-i-loved-was-never-born/) Miscarriage has long been shrouded in shame and secrecy. That’s changing [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 16, 2014 ### [The Problem With America's Twin Epidemic](https://time.com/52142/the-problem-with-americas-twin-epidemic/) Americans undergoing fertility treatments have gotten used to the prospect of the 'instant family'—b... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 14, 2014 ### [The Obesity Pregnancy Dilemma](https://time.com/20413/the-obesity-pregnancy-dilemma/) Doctors' groups are urging ob-gyns to have those difficult conversations with women: lose weight or ... [HEALTH](/section/health/) *  Feb 19, 2014 ### [Facebook's Gender Labeling Revolution](https://time.com/8856/facebooks-gender-labeling-revolution/) The pressure to choose a public identity can be harmful for people who haven’t decided on a private ... [HEALTH](/section/health/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/sarah-elizabeth-richards/","name":"Sarah Richards"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/sarah-elizabeth-richards/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/sarah-elizabeth-richards/"},"name":"Sarah Richards","jobTitle":null,"description":"Richards is a journalist who frequently writes about genetics and the author of Motherhood, Rescheduled: The New Frontier of Egg Freezing and the Women Who Tried It.","url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-elizabeth-richards/","sameAs":["https://x.com/_SarahRichards_"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```