Intact dilation and extraction
Surgical procedure to remove a fetus from the uterus / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Intact dilation and extraction (D&X, IDX, or intact D&E) is a surgical procedure that terminates and removes an intact fetus from the uterus. The procedure is used both after miscarriages and for abortions in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy.
The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (April 2020) |
IDX, intact D&X, et al. | |
Background | |
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Abortion type | Surgical |
First use | 1983 |
Gestation | >16 weeks |
Usage | |
United States | 0.17% (2000) |
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In United States federal law, it is known as a partial-birth abortion .[1][2]
In 2000, although only 0.17% (2,232 of 1,313,000) of all abortions in the United States were performed using this procedure,[3] it developed into a focal point of the abortion debate. Intact D&E of a fetus with a heartbeat was outlawed in most cases by the 2003 federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, which was upheld by the United States Supreme Court in the case of Gonzales v. Carhart.[1][4]