Step 1 : Introduction to the question "3. What reason did the Ontario government give for taking the quintuplets from their parents?"
...1. to put them up for adoption 2. to give the parents a break 3. to protect their health 4. to show them around the world The government originally took the girls from their parents to protect their health and to prevent them from being exploited. They were exploited however for the next nine years by being put on display! The government didn't remove any of the quintuplets' siblings from their parents. There were five older brothers and sisters, and three more after the quintuplets were born.