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	Intact dilation and extraction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Intact dilation and extraction (IDX or Intact DandX), is a surgical abortion procedure wherein an intact fetus is removed from the womb via the cervix.
		Haskell's term was a variation on "intact dilation and evacuation (intact DandE)", the term preferred by Dr. James McMahon, who developing the procedure in 1983 as an alternative to dilation and evacuation or DandE.
		Intact DandX procedures are not performed during the first trimester, as the fetal head is quite small at this stage of gestation, allowing easy removal from the uterus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Intact_dilation_and_extraction (2328 words)

	A doctor's right to choose \| Salon.com
		During a dilation and evacuation, the doctor terminates the pregnancy by dismembering the fetus inside the uterus or as it is extracted from the uterus into the vagina.
		In an intact dilation and extraction, the not-yet-viable fetus is removed from the uterus as a whole, except for the fetal skull, which is collapsed via a cervical incision and suction rather than crushed with forceps.
		The annual total of intact dilation and extraction procedures was estimated to be approximately 650 of the 1.4 million abortions performed in 1996, the last year for which data is available.
	dir.salon.com /story/mwt/feature/2002/07/24/late_term/index1.html (715 words)

	Abortion - MSN Encarta
		Dilation and curettage (D&C), performed during the 6th to 16th week of pregnancy, involves dilating the cervix and then scraping the uterine lining with a curette to remove the contents.
		In hysterotomy, the uterus is cut open and the fetus is removed surgically in an operation similar to a cesarean section, but a hysterotomy requires a smaller incision.
		Intact dilation and extraction, also referred to as a partial birth abortion, consists of partially removing the fetus from the uterus through the vaginal canal, feet first, and using suction to remove the brain and spinal fluid from the skull.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761553899/Abortion.html (1364 words)

	Intact dilation and extraction - QuickSeek Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Haskell's term was a variation on "intact dilation and evacuation (intact DandE)", the term preferred by Dr. James McMahon, who is largely credited with developing the procedure as an alternative to dilation and evacuation or DandE.
		In the medical field intact dilation and extraction is sometimes referred to as a DandX procedure (not to be confused with the DandE procedure dilation and evacuation, in which the fetus is dismembered before being removed from the womb).
		The bill does not ban intact DandX when the fetus is already dead, making it clear that it is not a medical technique that is the issue, but the purposeful abortion of a fetus that is unacceptable, as it is perceived by many to be only inches away from classic infanticide.
	intactdilationandextraction.quickseek.com (1803 words)

	Wikinfo \| Abortion
		Dilation and suction curettage consists of emptying the uterus by suction using a special apparatus.
		Dilation and curettage (D&C) is a standard gynaecological procedure performed for a variety of reasons.
		Very late abortions can be brought about by the controversial intact dilation and extraction (D & X) or a hysterotomy abortion, similar to a caesarian section, and requiring the surgical decompression of the fetus's head before evacuation.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Abortion (723 words)

	Women's Enews: Abortion Procedures Ban Limits Endings for Doomed Pregnancies
		Pulling procedures are called "dilation and evacuation" and "intact dilation and extraction." The pushing procedure is induced labor.
		After the 19th week, the fetus holds together during intact dilation and extraction, but the largest part, the head, must be compressed or slightly crushed to exit even a dilated cervix.
		Calvin said he had not performed an intact dilation and extraction procedure in 23 years of obstetric practice and believes it is only used because it is much quicker than induced labor.
	www.now.org /eNews/sept2003/092903ban.html?printable (1157 words)

	AlterNet: A Doctor's Right To Choose
		Doctors and activists who argue that intact dilation and extraction is a much safer procedure for some women have no studies to prove their point, but a visit to the operating room does make aspects of their argument very clear.
		Of the five abortions I observed, the first three were intact dilation and extractions, and the last two were standard dilation and evacuation procedures.
		In fact, many women who have undergone an intact dilation and extraction, to terminate a pregnancy marred by severe birth defects, point to the psychological benefit of an intact fetus to hold, grieve over and finally bury as a reason the procedure should remain legal.
	www.alternet.org /story/13725 (3517 words)

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		Dilation and extraction is such a practice, and thus should be prohibited.
		An intact D&X, however, may be the best or most appropriate procedure in a particular circumstance to save the life or preserve the health of a woman, and only the doctor, in consultation with the patient, based upon the woman's particular circumstances can make this decision.
		Intact D&X is aberrant and troubling because the technique confuses the disparate roles of a physician in childbirth and abortion in such a way as to blur the medical, legal, and ethical line between infanticide and abortion.
	www.aapsonline.org /judicial/pbabrief.htm (11287 words)

	PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTIONS
		Connecticut does not collect data on the types of procedure that is typically termed "partial birth abortion"-intact dilation and extraction (D and X).
		The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) believes the term "partial birth abortion" is intended to describe intact DandX, which they consider to be a form of dilation and extraction (DandE).
		Intact D and X is considered a form of intact D and E. Federal legislators defined the partial birth abortion procedure as "abortion in which the person performing the abortion partially vaginally delivers a living fetus before killing the fetus and completing the delivery" (HR 1122, 1997).
	www.cga.ct.gov /2001/rpt/olr/htm/2001-r-0433.htm (1040 words)

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		Disputes about what the procedure should be called (such as, partial-birth abortion or intact dilation and extraction), how and when it is performed, at what point in the procedure the fetus dies, and what abortion procedures would be prohibited by the legislation have been debated.
		The pregnant woman usually requires little cervical dilation; however, a dilator may be inserted into her uterus for up to 24 hours before the procedure.
		Generally, a series of laminaria tents which are osmotic dilators, are used to develop a gradual, less painful and less traumatic dilation of the cervix.
	countingcalifornia.cdlib.org /crs/ascii/95-1101 (2784 words)

	New University Paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The argument for pro-choice advocates of the intact dilation and extraction procedure, as it has been before with abortion in general, is that any law prohibiting the act would be a violation of the doctor and patient confidentiality.
		Actually, the majority of women who finally decide that intact dilation and extraction is the right choice for them are those who genuinely wanted children from the very beginning.
		What many people do not understand is that the intact dilation and extraction method may be the last remaining option to avoid severe biological complications to a woman’s health or a painful life and death for her child.
	horus.vcsa.uci.edu /article.php?id=573 (787 words)

	Evanston, MD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Intact DandX 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 asserted that the procedure was rarely performed (approximately 450-500 per year) and only used in extreme cases when a woman's life was at risk or the fetus had a condition incompatible with life.[1,2] Following President Clinton's April 1996 veto of a congressionally approved ban, conflicting information surfaced.
		It is beyond ironic that the pain management practiced for an intact DandX on a human fetus would not meet federal standards for the humane care of animals used in medical research.[13] The needlessly inhumane treatment of periviable fetuses argues against intact DandX as a means of pregnancy termination.
	www.vanderbilt.edu /SFL/Sprang.htm (2434 words)

	Part II Introduction (Section A)
		The "DandX" ("Intact Dilation and Extraction") method actually has two forms, depending on the position of the fetus within the uterus at the time of the abortion: the vertex-presentation DandX, and the breech-extraction DandX.
		There are two variations of [intact dilation and extraction], both of which require the physician to dilate the woman's cervix.
		The primary form of abortion used at or after 16 weeks' gestation is known as "dilation and evacuation" or "DandE." When performed during that stage of pregnancy, the DandE procedure requires the physician to dilate the woman's cervix and then extract the fetus from her uterus with forceps.
	www.stop-the-tyrants.com /intropartII (703 words)

	The Militant - March 31, 2003 -- U.S. Senate votes to ban abortion procedure
		Intact dilation and extraction, first developed in 1992, involves the removal of a largely intact fetus.
		Many doctors consider that it brings fewer risks to the pregnant woman than the more common method of dilation and evacuation (D&E), in which the fetus is removed in pieces.
		The bill’s wording is vague enough to cover not just dilation and extraction abortions, but those using D&E, said Kate Michelman, the head of the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL).
	www.themilitant.com /2003/6710/671061.html (1202 words)

	Boston.com / News / Nation / 3d US judge rejects curb on abortions
		But the Bush administration has argued that the procedure, medically known as intact dilation and extraction, but called partial-birth abortion by opponents, is cruel and unnecessary and causes pain to the fetus.
		An estimated 140,000 dilation and extraction procedures take place in the United States annually, compared with an estimated 2,200 to 5,000 intact dilation and extraction procedures.
		During the procedure, generally performed in the second trimester, a fetus is partially removed from the womb and its skull is punctured or crushed.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2004/09/09/3d_us_judge_rejects_curb_on_abortions (928 words)

	Intact dilation and extraction - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Though the procedure has an extremely low rate of usage Guttmacher.org Abortion Incidence and Services in the United States in 2000 it has developed into a focal point of protest in the greater context of the abortion debate.
		Also the fetus can be aborted by an intact DandX procedure in which suction is used to extract both the brain and the fluid, before collapsing the fetal skull and withdrawing the dead fetus.
		This infanticide protection enhancement was also addressed in the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act which protects babies who are born as the results of faulty abortions.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Intact_dilation_and_extraction (1884 words)

	AllPolitics - AMA Recommends Alternatives To So-Called 'Partial Birth' Abortions - May 14, 1997
		A section of the 32-page report reads, "According to the scientific literature, there does not appear to be any identified situation in which intact D&X is the only appropriate procedure to induce abortion." Intact D&X, or dilation and extraction, is the medical term used by the AMA to describe the late-term abortion procedure.
		The AMA says in some rare cases, intact dilation and extraction is the safest method of late-term abortion.
		This report, issued Saturday, comes at a time when the Congress is fighting over whether dilation and extraction abortions should remain legal, but a press officer for the AMA says there was no political motive in the timing of the report's release.
	www.cnn.com /ALLPOLITICS/1997/05/14/ama.abortion (358 words)

	Health News by Reuters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		They say the ban could apply to different types of abortion using the dilation and extraction method, commonly performed in the second trimester.
		In research used to write the law, the U.S. Congress found that intact dilation and extraction, involving removal of an intact fetus, is unsafe for the mother.
		Abortion providers say that finding is baseless and Grunebaum said the intact method can be the safest procedure when a mother's health is already compromised through cancer, heart and lung disease and other serious medical conditions.
	www.sutterhealth.org /health/healthinfo/reutershome_top.cfm?fx=article&id=16407 (481 words)

	Partial Birth Abortion Ban: President Signs "Partial Birth" Abortion Ban, Declaring "Never Again Shall Uppity Snatches ...
		For too many years now, liberal doctors have been practicing a procedure known as "Intact Dilation and Extraction." Indeed, Attorney General Ashcroft has gathered solid intelligence indicating that this emergency procedure has been performed as many as 2500 times since 1973.
		They ask their so-called physicians –; blood-thirsty murderers who pretend to know what they're talking about simply because they wasted twelve years studying medicine instead of going AWOL and watching baseball – what options are available to them to take a big steaming dump right on the Lord's face!
		They say that there's one procedure – Intact Dilation & Extraction – which is reserved almost exclusively for fabulously rare circumstances such as this.
	www.whitehouse.org /news/2003/110603.asp (1077 words)

	JS Online: Choosing can be complex, just like real life
		With a swoosh of the president's pen, a rarely used but undeniably gruesome form of abortion was outlawed in America.
		What's known as "intact dilation and extraction" by medical professionals but "partial-birth abortion" by detractors was debated in Congress for eight years until it was banned last month.
		It "is morally offensive to imagine a woman deciding willy-nilly to end a late-term pregnancy by intact dilation and extraction" if an otherwise healthy child is close to being born.
	www.jsonline.com /news/editorials/nov03/183357.asp?format=print (815 words)

	Late Term Abortion –Medical Perspective
		Intact Dilation and Extraction (partial birth) removes the fetus from the uterus through the vaginal canal and creates a suction to remove the brain and spinal fluid from the skull.
		"The American Medical Association recommends that intact dilatation and extraction procedure not be used unless alternative procedures pose a greater risk to the woman and that abortions not be performed in the third trimester except in cases of serious fetal anomalies incompatible with life" (Epner 1998).
		Dilation and Extraction (DandX) is another late-term method.
	www.uvm.edu /~vlrs/doc/late_term_abortion.htm (805 words)

	The Yale Herald - Nov 7, 2003 - Don't let the GOP hijack the future of abortion
		On Mon., Oct. 20, the Senate banned a safe abortion procedure—dubbed "partial-birth abortion" by its conservative opponents, but known to doctors as intact dilation and extraction.
		The ban outlaws the intact dilation and extraction procedure, or intact DandX, sometimes used to abort a fetus in the second or third trimester of pregnancy.
		In the procedure, portions of the fetus exit the mother's body as the fetal skull is punctured and crushed.
	www.yaleherald.com /article-p.php?Article=2628 (795 words)

	Blogger: Email Post to a Friend
		Apparently being against "intact dilation and extraction" means that you are a patriarchal, woman-hating, mean, elitist, religious extremist.
		The simultaneous litigation centers on the ban of what lawmakers defined as "partial-birth" abortion and what doctors call "intact dilation and extraction" — or D&X. In the procedure, a fetus is partially delivered and its skull is punctured.
		Government lawyers say the law protects fetuses from pain during the abortion procedures that usually involve crushing the soft skull or draining brain tissue to shrink the fetus to a size in which it can be pulled from the body.
	www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=3685366&postID=108083706340260706 (797 words)

	Bush signs bill banning an abortion procedure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Congress last month approved, for the third time in eight years, the ban on a procedure doctors call "intact dilation and extraction." The two earlier versions ran into vetoes by then-President Bill Clinton.
		If the new law withstands court challenges, the procedure would be banned nationwide in all cases, even if a doctor considers it necessary to save a mother's life or if a fetus is badly malformed.
		Some doctors say intact dilation and extraction is never needed to save the life of a mother, while others disagree.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/03310/237128.stm (847 words)

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