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This story -- if the facts are correct as reported in this UK article and your source -- definately raises questions and it has nothing to do with abortion. Of course "selective reduction" is wrong. This is why invitro should never involve more than 2 or 3 maximum implantations. Here are the serious ethical questions based on the facts reported (if true)

1) This doctor implanted 8 (eight)empryos in a woman who already had 6 small children including 4 preschoolers.

2) The woman appears to have no husband. The grandfather appears to have been incorrectly identified as the husband.

3) The family is seeking secrecy. Why?

4) Even from a practical standpoint, who is going to care for all these children even if the state pays for their support? Can two woman, the mother and grandmother, safely care for (8) newborns, (2) 2-year olds, (1) 3-year old, (2) 4- 5 year olds, and (2) elementary age children?

Of course the two woman can't care for them? So what will happen to these little American citizens with future American passports? Will they be raised in the land of our enemies, returning later to blow themselvs up in shopping malls ?

Aren't they safer being adopted to loving American families who will treasure them?

In conclusion, this seems like some kind of bizzare Brave New World-ish baby factory scenario. And if the source is correct that all the mother's pregnancies are through fertility treatments, she may never have have had a relationship with any man so she's not breaking any Islamic law (by having sex outside of marriage).

Read "Brave New World" or "The Giver," both books about how human reproduction is separated from human sexuality and marriage.