A single woman in
China has gone to court challenging rules that forbid unmarried women from freezing their eggs in the first case of its kind in the country.
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Teresa Xu said she was prompted to take legal action after a top hospital in
Beijing declined to freeze her eggs last year, and instead told her to "get married, and have a child soon".
"There is a huge demand among young women in China -- whether married or single -- to freeze their eggs as they delay the decision to have a child," Xu told AFP.