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    CPPCC member Peng Jing: Appropriate liberalization of assisted reproductive restrictions to protect the reproductive rights of single women

    • Last Update: 2020-05-28
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    In December 2019, the country's first case of general personality rights dispute sparking by "frozen eggs" was heard in public at the Chaoyang District People's Court in Beijing, and the issue of the reproductive rights of single women resurfaced in the public eyethis issue has also attracted the attention of Peng Jing, a lawyer at The Cppcc National Committee and director of Chongqing Jingxuan Law FirmAt the recent 2020 meeting, she submitted a proposal to guarantee women's equal reproductive rights, long-standing concern for women's and children's rightsThe right to bear is not explicitly prohibited by law for single women, but in practice there are difficulties, one of the obstacles is that single women implement assisted reproductive techniques, including frozen eggs, which are not recognizedthe main resistance comes from China's current Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Code, which was formulated by the former Ministry of Health in 2001 and revised in 2003It provides that "the application of human assisted reproductive technology to couples and single women who do not comply with the national population and family planning regulations is prohibited"in december's "National First Frozen Egg Case", the defendant's hospital rejected the plaintiff's woman's request for frozen eggs, mainly on the basis of this provisionin Peng Jing's view, "frozen eggs" and other assisted reproductive technology can only be exercised by married couples, which has brought a lot of problemsis, above all, contrary to the legal principle of equality between men and womenPeng Jing said that Articles 2 and 36 of China's Law on the Protection of Women's Rights and Interests clearly state that equality between men and women is the basic state policy and that women enjoy equal personal rights with menHowever, according to the Basic Standards and Technical Specifications of human sperm banks, men in our country, whether married or not, can apply for the preservation of semen on the basis of "reproductive health" or "need to preserve sperm for future fertility"Single women cannot implement human-assisted reproductive techniques such as "frozen eggs"This leads to an objective inequality of reproductive rights between men and women, resulting in gender discriminationin addition, Peng Jing believes that from the reality, the prohibition of single women using assisted reproductive technology, has not been in line with social trendsChina is now entering an aging society, fertility is at a low point, in recent years, fertility policy has shown a clear trend of opening up, and the barriers to children born out of wedlock have been removed from the system, then from the law and the system to relax the birth restrictions on single women, in fact, has been a matter of waterGiving single women the right to implement assisted reproductive technology should be a landmark stepPeng Jing, , said that on the one hand, women's status in the economic and social sector is constantly improving, most women in the workplace have to balance career and family, and the number of women who cannot give birth at the best age is increasing If they are denied the right to use assisted reproductive technology, they are likely to lose their reproductive opportunities On the other hand, some single women with fertility will risk choosing some unqualified "underground" institutions, or to overseas medical institutions to carry out assisted reproductive technology measures, disguised to increase the risk of illegal practice this year' two sessions, Peng Jing submitted to the General Assembly "recommendations on granting single women the right to implement assisted reproductive technology and effectively guarantee women's equal reproductive rights." she suggested that changes to the relevant legal system should be initiated in due course In order to change the problem of the lower level of the existing legal system, it is proposed that the National People's Congress or the State Council should take the lead in the formulation of a special Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Implementation Act or the Regulations on the Implementation of Human Assisted Reproductive Technology, while allowing married couples and single women who meet certain technical conditions to implement artificial assisted reproductive technology, giving women equal choice at the same time, improve the scope of application of reproductive rights protection Amend the existing Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Code, which provides that only "couples" have the right to artificial reproduction, delete the "infertile couple" in the Consent of informed and the consent form for multiple pregnancy reduction in relation to reproductive rights and replace it with "couple or non-marital woman"; in addition, , strengthen the technical security of human assisted reproductive In order to prevent side effects or other risks of artificial assisted reproductive technology such as "frozen eggs", it is recommended that the health department jointly conduct systematic research with experts from hospitals and relevant research institutes, continuously improve human assisted reproductive technology, and effectively prevent technical risks single women should have the right to freeze their eggs, and society should respect the right of women to increase their access to healthy fertility through other assisted reproductive technologies, such as freezing eggs the implementation of the "two-child policy" in order to deal with the declining population growth rate of our country, so that China's population healthy growth The spirit of the policy is to protect the reproductive rights of the people and, in the current society, the acceptance of assisted reproductive technology and even unmarried childbirth is higher than expected IVF, for example, has become more common; even frozen eggs, where multiple stars disclose their frozen egg experiences, are more positive, and domestic companies already offer frozen eggs as a benefit for female employees All this suggests that society's awareness and acceptance are ahead of established regulations and need to be responded to in an appropriate manner (original title: Cppcc member Peng Jing, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) made a statement: appropriate liberalization of assisted reproductive restrictions to protect the reproductive rights of single women)
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