Differences between selective termination of pregnancy and fetal reduction in multiple pregnancy: a narrative review.

Although selective termination of pregnancy and fetal reduction in multiple pregnancy both involve the termination in utero of the development of live fetuses, these two procedures are different in several aspects. Nevertheless, several authors tend to amalgamate and confuse their psychosocial consequences and the ethical issues they raise. Therefore, this narrative review, derived from a comparative analysis of 91 articles, shines a light on these amalgamations and confusions, as well as on the medical, contextual, experiential and ethical differences specific to selective termination and fetal reduction. Copyright © 2013 Reproductive Healthcare Ltd. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Citation

Claire-Marie Legendre, Grégoire Moutel, Régen Drouin, Romain Favre, Chantal Bouffard. Differences between selective termination of pregnancy and fetal reduction in multiple pregnancy: a narrative review. Reproductive biomedicine online. 2013 Jun;26(6):542-54

PMID: 23518032

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