Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation dilation and evacuation
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Examples
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Right now, the kids go to school for K - 12 & then there are Grades A, B, C, D & E, which is also free and then University after that, which is very expensive.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
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Right now, the kids go to school for K - 12 & then there are Grades A, B, C, D & E, which is also free and then University after that, which is very expensive.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
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You can do a D & E which is like a PBA, but the baby stays in the womb up until 20 weeks.
The MSM: never any gross details on abortion Suzanne 2006
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But watch this: they will not make any distinction between a D & E and a C-section.
Vatican clarifies Pope Benedict XVI's abortion comments Suzanne 2009
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In fact, many medical schools, including Chicago, Northwestern, Yale, Columbia, teach intact D & E; there is a clear medical consensus that in particular circumstances intact D & E is necessary to protect the heath of the woman; and there is a clear medical consensus that in particular circumstances intact D & E is safer than the alternative procedures.
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She may, for example, have the fetus terminated by injection prior to extraction, or removed by cesarean, or extracted by non-intact D & E (which involves dismembering the fetus in utero).
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Among Congress's clearly erroneous "findings" were its assertions that no medical schools provide instruction on intact D & E, that intact D & E is never necessary to safeguard the health of the woman, and that intact D & E is less safe than alternative procedures.
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It is important to note that the prohibition of intact D & E has nothing to do with preserving the life of a fetus.
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In all of these circumstances, and many others, the use of the intact D & E is necessary to ensure the health of the woman.
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Because the intact D & E seems to resemble infanticide it is "immoral" and may be prohibited even without a clear statutory exception to protect the health of the woman.
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