d&x

Even when the fetus is already dead which is not uncommon with intact d&x abortions, a doctor performing an intact d&x will still compress the fetal head.

Do Pro-Lifers Know Anything About Abortion? 2006

For some examples, read these two earlier posts I wrote: why D&X abortions are medically necessary and some real women who have needed d&x abortions.

A snarky article on why the “pro-lifers” should not debate over the morning-after-pill or “pharmacists’ rights” 2005

June 7th, 2004 at 5:46 pm according to mother jones, which actually ran an article about a late-term abortion provider several months ago, dilation & evacuation (d&e) and dilation & extraction (d&x) are two different procedures. the former involves dismembering the fetus before removing the parts; the latter involves removing the fetus intact, feet-first, collapsing the skull where necessary (and it isn’t always).

What does “partial birth abortion” mean? 2004