Chinese court upholds ruling against unmarried woman who sued hospital for right to freeze her eggs
A court in Beijing has ruled against an unmarried Chinese woman in the case over her right to freeze her eggs
BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Beijing has ruled against an unmarried Chinese woman's right to freeze her eggs, ending a fight for reproductive services that lasted six years and drew national attention.
The Beijing Third Intermediate People’s Court upheld the ruling Tuesday that a hospital did not violate Teresa Xu's rights when it denied her access to egg freezing services.
The 36-year-old Xu announced the judgement Wednesday. “This isn’t outside of my expectations," she said to viewers of her livestream. "All these years, we finally have an end, and an answer.”
Xu first went to the hospital as a 30-year-old in 2018, asking if she could freeze her eggs. She had an initial consult but was told she could not have the procedure after the doctor found out she was not married.
