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This article discusses what would happen if a single woman in China wants to have children but not to marry. The legal framework regarding the reproductive rights of single women and relevant judicial practice will be discussed. In China, domestic legislation fails to regulate the reproductive rights in a uniform and systematic way. Although reproductive freedom has been granted to women by law in principle, single women have been excluded by many specific provisions governing the realisation of reproductive rights. To be specific, unlike couples, single women in China have little access to the application of assisted reproduction technology or the maternity insurance benefits. This puts them in a difficult position while exercising their reproductive rights. Although the legal basis of single women's reproductive rights has been emphasised by international and domestic legal instruments around the world, in China, ambiguous laws, inadequate supporting measures, and negative social opinions pose many legal and ethical obstacles that need to be overcome. This article puts forward some suggestions for improvement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this contribution, a series of hot compression tests was conducted on a typical interphase-precipitated Ti-Mo steel at relatively higher strain rates of 0.1~10 s−1 and temperatures of 900~1150 °C using a Gleeble-2000 thermo-mechanical simulator. A combination of Bergstrom and Kolmogorov–Johnson–Mehl–Avrami models was first used to accurately predict the whole flow behaviors of Ti-Mo steel involving dynamic recrystallization, under various hot deformation conditions. By comparing the characteristic stresses and material parameters, especially at the higher strain rates studied, the dependence of hot flow behavior on strain rate and deformation temperature was further clarified. The hardening parameter U and peak density ρp exhibited an approximately positive linear relationship with the Zener–Hollomon (Z) parameter, while the softening parameter Ω dropped with increasing Z value. The Avrami exponent nA varied between 1.2 and 2.1 with lnZ, implying two diverse nucleation mechanisms of dynamic recrystallization. The experimental verification was performed as well based on the microstructural evolution and mechanism analysis upon straining. The proposed constitutive models may provide a powerful tool for optimizing the hot working processes of high performance Ti-Mo microalloyed steels with interphase precipitation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]