Chinese Woman Fights for Right to Freeze Eggs in Court Appeal

An unmarried Chinese woman, Teresa Xu, has begun her final appeal for the right to freeze her eggs, which was denied by a hospital five years ago. The case has drawn broad coverage in China and will have strong implications for the lives of many unmarried women in the country. Although the law in China does not explicitly ban unmarried people from fertility treatments, hospitals and other institutions require people to present a marriage license. Xu argues that the denial constitutes a violation of her right to bodily autonomy and is fighting for the reproductive rights of single women.