# Twins on demand?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twins-on-demand/80565
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [September 9, 2001, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twins-on-demand/80565 "2001-09-09T22:45:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@Speleophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speleophile)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2001, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twins-on-demand/80565/1 "2001-09-09T22:45:44Z")
Is it **possible** for in in-vitro fertilization clinic to produce identical twins on demand, by physically separating the cells after the first division, and transferring them to the uterus independently?
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### Author:  [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2001, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twins-on-demand/80565/2 "2001-09-10T03:35:44Z")
It doesn’t seem to be that difficult, of course some things in theory that are easy aren’t that easy in real life.
I can’t imagine anyone doing this as the risk of a birth defect would put them in a lawsuit. Doctors are sued for defects that aren’t there fault. Why go out of your way to put yourself in that position.