intact dilatation and extraction
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intact′ dilata′tion and extrac′tion
n. a method of abortion used in the second or third trimester of pregnancy. Abbr.: IDE
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As ACOG's Executive Board asserted in its January 1997 Statement of Policy on
Intact Dilatation and Extraction: "The intervention of legislative bodies into medical decision making is inappropriate, ill advised, and dangerous."
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