Narration: China's first case of single women fighting for frozen eggs is scheduled to be heard in the Chaoyang District People's Court of Beijing on December 23, 2019. On December 22, Xu zaozao (pseudonym), the party concerned, introduced in an interview that in 2018, she went to the reproductive Department of Beijing Maternity Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University to consult about frozen eggs, and confirmed that she was in normal health and healthy eggs through relevant examinations. However, the doctor said that according to relevant systems, the hospital could not provide frozen eggs for single women. Therefore, Xu zaozaozaozaozao (pseudonym) take the hospital to court for violating the general right of personality.
Narration: at present, the use of assisted reproductive technology by unmarried women, including frozen egg surgery, does not comply with the provisions of the specifications for human assisted reproductive technology formulated by the former national health and Family Planning Commission in 2003. Xu zaozao (a pseudonym) believes that as an adult woman, she has the right to decide to freeze her eggs and keep the possibility of childbearing in the future. The practice of hospital denial of service discriminates against women.
Synch: Xu zaozao (pseudonym)
I know there are relevant regulations that unmarried men can freeze their sperm for health purposes. Like the concept of sperm bank and sperm donation, you may have heard more or less. But correspondingly, freezing eggs for single women is so difficult and rugged. I think there must be some discriminatory factors behind the reproductive culture.
Narration: Xu Zao, a 31 year old "Beipiao", works in new media. She said that she had the idea of "frozen eggs". On the one hand, she learned through understanding that the current frozen egg technology has been relatively mature; On the other hand, it is out of anxiety about living in big cities. The cost of living in Beijing is high and the pace is fast. She neither wants to suspend her career development nor regret her decision not to have children in the future.
Synch: Xu zaozao (pseudonym)
I got a promotion in my job in the last year or two, so I feel as if I shouldn't leave my post for a very long time at this time. After that, I should and will be forced to devote more energy to childcare. I am now a state with objects, but I will make it clear to the other party that I (frozen eggs) thought earlier than I knew you. Maybe I fought for frozen eggs or succeeded in freezing eggs, and the process of egg preservation may be longer than I spent with you.
[narration] Xu zaozao learned that some single women with reproductive needs can spend more than 100000 yuan or even hundreds of thousands of yuan to freeze eggs abroad, but if relevant services can be provided in China, it may only cost tens of thousands of yuan. The former national health and Family Planning Commission has made it clear that at present, China's relevant laws do not deny the reproductive rights of single women, and they choose to protect their rights through judicial channels. They also hope to attract the attention of relevant departments and provide help for their research.
Synch: Xu zaozao (pseudonym)
They (relevant departments) may also need more cases, and then there are some possibilities. If I can go through the whole path of frozen eggs by myself at this time, I think it can also provide them with a sample for research.
Original title: why do I need frozen eggs? Response of the parties to China's first unmarried frozen egg case