Here is a link to a recent story in the Canadian press about the increase in selective reductions. http://www.nationalpost.com/news/When+twins+many/3960709/story.html The article focuses on an Ontario couple. The wife was pregnant with twins but she found a doctor who was willing to “reduce” the pregnancy “from twins to a singleton.” As the article described this trend: “The Ontario couple is part of what some experts say is a growing demand for reducing twins to one, fuelled more by socio-economic imperatives than medical need, and raising vexing new ethical questions.” The ethical issue doesn’t seem particularly vexing, but I suppose this development is not unexpected when, as the article notes, an abortion can be obtained in North America for any reason. Perhaps the presence of some second thoughts about selective reductions is a good sign.
Richard M.