Judgment will be announced at a later date.Įgg freezing consists of removing the oocytes before preserving them in liquid nitrogen to be used in a subsequent pregnancy. “But it provokes public debate and single women have been able to speak out openly.” “I know very well that we don’t have such a great chance of winning because this case has a great impact on society,” she said. This opening “gives me hope” for greater consideration of women’s rights, Xu said. In a revolutionary move, the south-west province of Sichuan in January said it would allow single people to register their child, while elsewhere in China it is an option still only available to married people. China recorded the first decline in its population in six decades last year, against a backdrop of very low fertility rates (1.15 children per woman) and the government now strongly encourages people to have children. Since Xu lost her initial case in 2022 a lot has changed. “They have the right to have autonomy in matters of reproduction and to make decisions concerning their own bodies,” she told journalists. “I hope more people will recognise the fact that there is a whole diversity of single women,” Xu told the Beijing court where the appeal trial opened on Tuesday. Xu says she wants to freeze her eggs to give herself the option of having a child alone if she cannot find a partner. Her case is widely followed in China, where women’s rights have become an increasingly prominent issue and the falling birthrate is of growing concern.
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