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dilation and evacuation

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dilation and evacuation
n.
Abbr. D & E A surgical procedure in which the cervix is dilated and the early products of conception are removed from the uterus.
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Dilation and evacuation (D&E) is safer than medical abortion for second-trimester pregnancy termination, and among medical methods, misoprostol is safer than others.
Complication rate is lower for surgical than medical second-trimester ... by London, S. / Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
Carhart that Nebraska's law prohibiting so-called partial-birth abortion is unconstitutional because it doesn't contain a health exception for dilation and evacuation (D&E) or dilation and extraction (D&X) procedures sometimes used in terminating pregnancies after sixteen weeks or so.
A Week in June by Doerr, Edd / The Humanist
I had an intact dilation and evacuation or D&E - wrongly termed ``partial birth abortion'' - because, in the opinion of my specialists, it was the safest and most appropriate medical procedure available for both me and my son.
SCAREMONGERING : LEGISLATORS SHOULD RESIST ANTI-ABORTION CAMPAIGN ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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