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Beijing court rejects lawsuit brought by Xu Zaozao, who was seeking to widen access to fertility treatment in China

A Chinese woman who filed a groundbreaking lawsuit to win the right to freeze her eggs has lost her final appeal, exhausting the legal avenues in her fight to widen access to fertility treatment in China.

Beijing No 3 intermediate people’s court ruled that Xu Zaozao’s rights had not been violated when Beijing obstetrics and gynaecology hospital refused to freeze her eggs in 2018. Chinese regulations stipulate that assisted reproductive technology is only for married couples with fertility issues. Xu, now 36, said the doctor gave her some friendly advice instead: hurry up, get married and have children now.

Instead, she sued the hospital. She argued that the denial of treatment violated her basic rights. On 6 August, nearly five years after she first filed her lawsuit, she lost her final appeal.

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[-] ravhall@discuss.online 58 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Chinese regulations stipulate that assisted reproductive technology is only for married couples with fertility issues

Where are you hexbears? I’d like you to defend China please

[-] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 32 points 2 months ago

lemmy.world is defederated from hexbear.net instance...

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago

Oh, they're here in the shadows

[-] Thrashy@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Alas, I was so looking forward to hearing them parrot the talking points of acclaimed Leninist... (checks notes) ... JD Vance.

[-] ravhall@discuss.online 1 points 2 months ago

Awwww shucks.

[-] i_ben_fine@lemmy.one 1 points 2 months ago

Why would they defend China? This looks to be caused by conservative family values.

[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago

Hexbear people love conservative family values

[-] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 52 points 2 months ago

gave her some friendly advice instead: hurry up, get married and have children now

That's a friendly way to say "Lady, get fucked"

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 31 points 2 months ago

China: Our population is declining, promote having more children.

Woman: Wants to freeze egg so could maybe have children in future.

China: Wtf are you doing‽

[-] tal@lemmy.today 5 points 2 months ago

I suspect that it's probably easier to just travel out-of-country than to spend half a decade in court.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago

The point was to set a precedent.

[-] TheBigBrother@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

What's the point if 5 years later she wouldn't be able to freeze their eggs anyway?

[-] meliaesc@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

For every other woman who wants to freeze their eggs too...

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