intact dilation and evacuation

Also known as: partial-birth abortion

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health law

  • health law
    In health law: Termination of pregnancy

    …was labeled by Congress as “partial-birth” abortion (a surgical abortion in which a late-term fetus is removed through the cervix). In a 5–4 opinion, the Supreme Court permitted Congress to entirely outlaw this procedure on the basis that Congress could determine that its use undercut medical ethics and that other…

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Reid

  • Harry Reid
    In Harry Reid

    …an abortion technique known as intact dilation and evacuation (“partial-birth” abortion). He also sided with the mining industry against environmentalists by opposing environmental legislation that would have imposed restrictions on mining in Nevada.

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