The authors provide an ethical justification for three indications for performing selective
termination of multifetal pregnancies. These indications are (1) achieving a pregnancy that …

Objectives To examine the perinatal characteristics of all higher order multiple births (133
sets of triplets and six sets of quadruplets) in the State of Victoria between 1982 and 1990 …

The medical procedure of 'feticide'has been used in clinical practice since the early 1990s in
the UK. The procedure constitutes a sensitive aspect of late termination of pregnancy (TOP) …

As a result of the increased use of drugs that enhance fertility, and the advent of in vitro
fertilization and embryo transfer over the last 2 decades, the incidence of multifetal …

We present in this study the results of a retrospective analysis comparing a group of ongoing
triplet pregnancies and a group of triplet pregnancies reduced to twins. These two groups …

Sex selection of the future offspring is usually regarded as acceptable when medically
indicated, in order to avoid the transmission of severe sex-linked genetic diseases. The …

More than 1 000 000 in vitro fertilization (IVF) babies have been born since Louise Brown's
birth in 1978. Several million more have resulted from less aggressive fertility treatments …

MFPR and selective terminations satisfy the criteria of enabling pregnancies to continue with
the least harm and most benefits to all involved. The surviving infants can be saved from …

The aim of this study is to identify factor (s) influencing imbalance in the sex distribution of
children (more children of the same sex) of the multiparous women attending an antenatal …

L'interruption médicale de grossesse est une situation exemplaire des tensions éthiques qui
parcourent décisions et pratiques des professionnels de santé. Inscrite dans un cadre légal …