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thus egg-freezing services were only available to women who could not get pregnant without the assistance of egg-freezing, and not for healthy patients. In 2019, Xu filed a lawsuit against the
Beijing hospital, claiming that it had infringed upon her personal rights. Xu alleged that the hospital had discriminated against women, violated her personal rights, and broken pertinent laws pertaining to gender equality and the outlawing of all forms of discrimination against women by declining to freeze the eggs of single women. The case went to trial in December 2019; however, due to the complex interplay of medical, legal, and ethical considerations with regard to egg freezing, the judge was unable to reach a decision. The court rejected Xu's arguments in July 2022 following a rehearing of the case in a private session in September 2021; however, Xu chose to launch an appeal. In 2023, she was included in the
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declined to freeze Xu Zaozao's eggs, she filed a lawsuit in 2019, but her case was dismissed by a
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