Conclusions: Reduction of triplets to twins significantly reduces the risk for prematurity and low birth weight and may also be associated with a reduction in overall pregnancy loss.
What are the risks of selective reduction?
The risks of reducing the number of fetuses include:
- Miscarriage of the other fetuses. The miscarriage rate is lower if there are fewer fetuses at the start of the procedure.
- Emotional risks for you, especially if the pregnancy miscarries.
Is selective reduction Legal?
There is currently no jurisprudence determining whether state abortion laws encompass selective reductions. Such limitations on selective reduction could produce a chilling effect on providers, unnecessarily interfere with fertility patients’ medical needs, and risk running afoul of individual reproductive rights.
What happens to fetus after selective reduction?
Once the specific fetuses to be reduced are identified, potassium chloride is injected into the heart of each selected fetus under the guidance of ultrasound imaging; the heart stops and the fetus dies as a result. Generally, the fetal material is reabsorbed into the woman’s body.
Is selective reduction an abortion?
Selective reduction is arguably more objectionable than abortion because it deliberately targets and destroys a particular fetus, whereas abortion is not designed to take the life of the fetus; instead, the termination of fetal life is simply a by- product of the abortion procedure.
Is selective reduction considered an abortion?
How is selective reduction performed?
How fetal reduction is done?
Embryo reduction is done by passing a needle through the mother’s tummy under local anaesthesia and injecting a medicine into the fetus to be reduced. It is done under continuous ultrasound guidance.
Is selective reduction abortion?
