Chinese woman sues hospital over egg freezing in first challenge to marriage laws | Malay Mail

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BEIJING, Dec 23 — An unmarried Chinese woman filed a suit against a Beijing hospital today for rejecting her request to undergo a medical procedure to freeze her eggs due to her marital status, in the first courtroom challenge to Chinese marriage laws. According to China's laws governing assisted...

Monday, 23 Dec 2019 03:25 PM MYT

According to China's laws governing assisted reproductive technology, only married couples can use such health services, and they must be able to prove their marital status by showing a marriage licence. Xu, from northeastern Heilongjiang province, said on her first visit to the hospital for a checkup, the doctor asked about her marital status and urged her to have a child now instead of freezing her eggs.“I came here for a professional service, but instead I got someone who was urging me to put aside my work and to have a child first,” she said. “I have already received a lot of this pressure in this society, this culture.

 

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