 | The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (April 2020) |
| IDX, intact D&X, et al. | |
| Background | |
|---|---|
| Abortion type | Surgical |
| First use | 1983 |
| Gestation | >16 weeks |
| Usage | |
| United States | 0.17% (2000) |
| Infobox references | |
Intact dilation and extraction (D&X, IDX, or intact D&E) is a surgical procedure that terminates and removes an intact fetus from the uterus. The procedure is used both after miscarriages and for abortions in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy. When used to perform an abortion, an intact D&E can occur after feticide or on a live fetus.
In the United States, where federal law describes an intact D&E on a live fetus as a partial-birth abortion,[1][2]the procedure is uncommon. For example, in 2000, only 0.17% of all abortions in the United States (2,232 of 1,313,000) were performed using an intact D&E.[3] Around that time, its usage became a focal point of the U.S. abortion debate. The 2003 federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, which was upheld by the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Gonzales v. Carhart,[1][4] outlaws an intact D&E of a fetus with a heartbeat under most, though not all, circumstances.
- ^ a b Gonzales v. Carhart550 U.S. ____ (2007). Findlaw.com. Retrieved 2007-04-30.
- ^ Oliveri, Rigel (2008). The Reproductive Rights Reader. New York University Press. p. 181.
- ^ Guttmacher.org Abortion Incidence and Services in the United States in 2000 Archived 2016-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Paul, Maureen; Lichtenberg, Steve; Borgatta, Lynn; Grimes, David A.; Stubblefield, Phillip G.; Creinin, Mitchell D. (2011). Management of Unintended and Abnormal Pregnancy. John Wiley and Sons.