Retrial of maternity insurance case good news for unmarried mothers

THE SHANGHAI HIGHER PEOPLE'S COURT has accepted an unmarried mother's appeal for retrial in a maternity insurance claim case, which suggests the maternity insurance policy could be reviewed. Beijing News comments:

After the plaintiff Zhang Meng broke up with her boyfriend in 2016, she realized she was pregnant. But instead of going in for an abortion, she decided to give birth to the child. In 2017, Zhang claimed maternity insurance from the child's father but the Shanghai Social Insurance Management Center rejected her claim because she didn't have a family planning certificate, which she couldn't obtain without a marriage certificate. She then filed an administrative lawsuit claiming maternity insurance, but lost the first and second trials.

According to Shanghai's urban maternity insurance regulation, Zhang cannot have maternity insurance because she is not married.