1.   An amniocentesis confirmed she was carrying a healthy fetus, a boy.

2.   For a pregnant woman who wants to know whether she is carrying a healthy fetus, the wait for medical tests can seem endless.

3.   He now says the procedure is performed far more often than his colleagues have acknowledged, and on healthy women bearing healthy fetuses.

4.   On Wednesday, Ms. Michelman and others acknowledged that these abortions were performed in the second trimester but not that they were done on healthy women with healthy fetuses.

5.   Ron Fitzsimmons says the late-term abortion is done far more often than his colleagues report and on healthy women bearing healthy fetuses.

6.   There is no firm count, but it is likely that a few thousand abortions using this method are performed every year on women with healthy fetuses.

7.   But this case is highly unusual because it involves aborting a healthy fetus in a naturally conceived multiple pregnancy.

8.   Doctors say Ms. Allwood has only a slim chance of delivering eight healthy fetuses.

9.   India has banned abortions of healthy fetuses if medical tests show they are female.

10.   The case was unusual because it involved aborting a healthy fetus in a naturally conceived multiple pregnancy.