noun
dilation and extraction
… upholding a ban on so-called partial-birth abortion, a nonmedical term devised by the powerful antichoice lobby to attack a particular late-term abortion procedure.—Edd Doerr
noun
dilation and extraction
… upholding a ban on so-called partial-birth abortion, a nonmedical term devised by the powerful antichoice lobby to attack a particular late-term abortion procedure.—Edd Doerr
The first known use of partial-birth abortion was in 1995
partial-birth abortionnoun
dilation and extraction
Antiabortion-rights activists created an attention-getting, less clinical name for D&X—"partial-birth abortion" …—Mary Leonard, The Boston Globe
1 Not a single Democratic candidate has expressed reservations about abortions, and a number of them have fought proposed restrictions on partial-birth abortions.
2 More than policy shapes senators’ confirmation votes Collins was one of only three Republican senators who voted against the ban on partial-birth abortions, a 2003 law that prohibited certain late-term abortions.