Editing Multiple birth (section)

===Multifetal pregnancy reduction===
Multifetal pregnancy reduction is the reduction of one or more embryos from the bearing woman. [[Selective reduction]] usually occurs for pregnancies assisted by assisted reproductive technology (ART). The first multifetal pregnancy reductions to occur in a clinical setting took place in the 1980s. The procedure aims to reduce pregnancies down to approximately one to two fetuses. The overarching purpose of the procedure is not primarily to simply terminate life, but to increase the survival and success of the mother and babies. However, multifetal pregnancy reduction raises some ethical questions. The main argument is similar to [[abortion debate|abortion ethics]] in reduction of fetus versus fetus life. The protection of maternal well being versus harm of newly formed fetal life is an extension of the aforementioned ethical question.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rao |first=Radhika |date=August 2015 |title=Selective Reduction: "A Soft Cover for Hard Choices" or Another Name for Abortion? |journal=The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics |volume=43 |issue=2 |pages=196–205 |doi=10.1111/jlme.12233 |issn=1073-1105 |pmid=26242939 |s2cid=40482252}}</ref> It can be viewed that all life is important and that no life should be terminated without consent from the life that is being terminated. A polar opposite viewpoint advocates for the right of choice, that being the choice to terminate a pregnancy due to desire or pregnancy risks.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Wang |first1=Hong-Mei |last2=Li |first2=Hong-Yan |last3=Wang |first3=Xie-Tong |last4=Wang |first4=Yan-Yun |last5=Li |first5=Lei |last6=Liang |first6=Bo |last7=Wang |first7=Jing |last8=Song |first8=Jia |date=December 2017 |title=Radiofrequency ablation for selective reduction in complex monochorionic multiple pregnancies: A case series |journal=Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology |volume=56 |issue=6 |pages=740–744 |doi=10.1016/j.tjog.2017.10.006 |issn=1028-4559 |pmid=29241912 |doi-access=free}}</ref> Overall, most multifetal pregnancy reductions that occur as a result of ART are being done for the protection of the child-bearer's health and to maximize the health of the remaining fetuses.<ref name="Moore-2014" />