Intact dilation and extraction
Surgical procedure to remove a fetus from the uterus / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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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, only 0.17% (2,232 of 1,313,000) of all abortions in the United States were performed using intact D&E.[3] Its usage developed into a focal point of the abortion debate in that country. Intact D&E of a fetus with a heartbeat was outlawed in the United States in most cases by the 2003 federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, which was upheld by the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Gonzales v. Carhart.[1][4]