Teresa Xu Zaozao (right) at Chaoyang District People’s Court in Beijing, where her case against Beijing Obstetrics and Gynaecology Hospital of Capital Medical University is being heard. Photo: Handout Teresa Xu Zaozao (right) at Chaoyang District People’s Court in Beijing, where her case against Beijing Obstetrics and Gynaecology Hospital of Capital Medical University is being heard. Photo: Handout
Teresa Xu Zaozao (right) at Chaoyang District People’s Court in Beijing, where her case against Beijing Obstetrics and Gynaecology Hospital of Capital Medical University is being heard. Photo: Handout
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Unmarried Chinese woman sues hospital for refusing to freeze her eggs

  • In first legal battle of its kind in China, plaintiff challenges regulations at Beijing medical facility
  • National Health Commission continues to deny unmarried women access to IVF and egg freezing, but single men can choose to freeze their sperm

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Phoebe Zhang
Phoebe Zhang

Updated: 4:22pm, 24 Dec, 2019

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Teresa Xu Zaozao (right) at Chaoyang District People’s Court in Beijing, where her case against Beijing Obstetrics and Gynaecology Hospital of Capital Medical University is being heard. Photo: Handout Teresa Xu Zaozao (right) at Chaoyang District People’s Court in Beijing, where her case against Beijing Obstetrics and Gynaecology Hospital of Capital Medical University is being heard. Photo: Handout
Teresa Xu Zaozao (right) at Chaoyang District People’s Court in Beijing, where her case against Beijing Obstetrics and Gynaecology Hospital of Capital Medical University is being heard. Photo: Handout
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