Abortion: the "safety net" for IVF

What?  How can that be?  Abortion is the safety net for IVF?  It is according to one fertility doctor who admits that IVF doctors will implant more embryos than is recommended at the patient's request.  And when too many implant, then the back-up plan is "fetal reduction." Fetal reduction is code for abortion where one or more of the multiples is aborted to make the pregnancy safer for mom and remaining siblings.  From the LA Times, Dr. Steinberg admits:

But Steinberg, who has been practicing for 35 years and treats 200 to 480 patients annually, said many of his patients want to become pregnant with multiple babies in order to have large families....

"Fetal reduction remains as our safety net with in vitro fertilization," Steinberg said.

IVF has become human manufacturing to specifications.  Make as many embryos as possible, implant more than one woman could safely carry in one pregnancy and when things work too well, just get rid of the extras. 

The total disregard for human life, both of the mother and the children, is staggering.

This is exactly the reason countries like Italy and Germany have laws that prohibit fertilizing more than three eggs at a time and require that any resulting embryos be implanted.  Belgium only allows at single embryo be implanted in women under 36.  And the UK and Canada, women under 40 are limited to 2 embryos.

Interestingly enough, Sweden has probably the most strict regulations on IVF.  Single women are not allowed to get IVF in Sweden.  A couple has to be married or a in stable relationship for over 2 years.  Using donor eggs is prohibited and so is surrogacy.

It is time the United States caught a clue and realize that regulating the fertility industry is not about infringing on "reproductive rights."  It is about safety.  We continue to allow doctors to use vulnerable women and the children that result from IVF as guinea pigs.  Meanwhile stock piles of forgotten and abandoned embryos continue to mount, left in the deep freeze or given to researchers to destroy for parts.