Abortion Controversy, The
Abortion Controversy, The | Rationale for Banning Abortions Late in Pregnancy
The abortion issue remains in the public eye and the media headlines largely because of a single late-term abortion procedure referred to in the medical literature as intact dilation and extraction (D&X) and in the common vernacular as partial-birth abortion. This viewpoint reviews the medical and ethical aspects of this procedure and of late-term abortions in general.
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Intact D&X came to the forefront of public awareness in 1995 during a congressional debate on a bill banning the procedure. During this debate, opponents of the ban...
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