Quintuplets mother 'advised to abort'

Doctors in Russia urged a woman pregnant with quintuplets to have selective terminations, it has emerged.

The woman has since given birth to the first set of quintuplets to be born in Britain for 10 years. She had had a drug-based fertility treatment which makes multiple births more likely, but refused to have abortions on religious grounds.
The mother, a 29-year-old music teacher who does not wish to be named, gave birth to five girls 14 weeks prematurely at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford on Saturday.
They were born by caesarean section and their weights range from 1lb 13oz to 2lb 2oz.
The babies are said to be doing well and are being cared for in intensive care units at the John Radcliffe and at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in west London.

The woman and her husband had travelled to Oxford after doctors in Russia advised her to have a selective reduction, in which some of the foetuses are aborted to give the remaining ones a better chance of survival.
The treatment was paid for by wellwishers in Russia. It is thought around eight in 10 babies born so early survive.
Mr Lawrence Impey, an obstetrician who led her care, said: "I'm very pleased to be able to help this delightful family.
"Mother is recovering well and the babies are doing well."
The babies will be cared for in Britain until they are strong enough to go home.
Their mother received intensive treatment in recent weeks to prevent her from delivering even earlier.