Selective Reductive AbortionFor many years, infertile couples have had difficulty dealing with the reality of not being able to have children. According to Nidus Information Services Incorporated, 6.2 million women in the United States are infertile. This problem leads to many options. For a long time, a few options were used: the couple could adopt a child or continue trying to have a child on their own. New options are opening up for couples who want to have children of their own. Glass fertilization is an option that gives couples the option of having a doctor combine the man's sperm and the woman's eggs in a petri dish and implant them in the woman's uterus after artificial conception. This can result in multiple pregnancies, in some cases more than five. However, this does not only occur during implantation. Many times the patient's doctor will ask her to consider selective reduction: aborting some fetuses to save the ones she can. In case of multiple pregnancy, selective reduction should be considered an option. “This is the heart of our fight over abortion, because it is a fight between gods.” said United Methodist pastor the Rev. Marc Rogers. “The worship of this false god, the god of abstraction, is literally killing us – killing not only unborn children, but killing our nation and our church.” The FIGO Committee for the Study of the Ethical Aspects of Human Reproduction does not agree with this point of view. “Selective reduction of a multiple pregnancy is not an abortion procedure because the intention is for the pregnancy to continue,” the Committee states. In many cases, if no fetuses are aborted, all fetuses will die. A couple who managed to get pregnant for the first time after a long period of infertility, whether through glass fertilization or through sex, has no guarantee of having a second chance to have children. Often a fetus in the womb contracts a disease that could potentially spread to others, even causing the risk of failure. The use of selective reduction to increase the chances of having children rather than not having children should not be looked down upon by anyone. Many infertile couples cannot handle the financial responsibility of having more children. If a couple has seven children in one pregnancy, financial strain can lead to chaos. According to Knight-Ridder reporter Tracy A, in 1997 there were only three sets of septuplets living in the United States.