Woman forced to have three embryos implanted is allowed fetal reduction to save her life.

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      Reports on the debate in Italy following the case of a young woman who had three in vitro fertilised embryos implanted in her womb and then had to abort one of them due to health risks. The fetus reduction ruling by an Italian court which was the second since a new law came into effect to put an end to Italy's reputation as the "Wild West" of infertility treatment; Role of the Roman Catholic religion in infertility treatment; Details of the new laws that govern infertility treatments; Limitations of the law.