dilation and extraction
nounDefinition of dilation and extraction
: a surgical abortion that is typically performed during the third trimester or later part of the second trimester of pregnancy and in which the death of the fetus is induced after it has passed partway through the dilated cervix
A central question is whether the Court will accept the law's definition of "partial-birth" abortion, a term used by antiabortion forces to describe intact dilation and extraction (D&X).— Alexi A. Wright and Ingrid T. Katz
— called also D&X, partial-birth abortion
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