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Politics : The Trump Presidency
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To: mel221 who wrote (81137)7/3/2018 2:17:29 PM
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Dilation and extraction is the term you are looking for. It is a rarely used procedure, usually to save the life of the mother or to remove a dead fetus. Now it can be used when the fetus has abnormalities that weren't or can't be detected earlier.

It is typically a second trimester procedure.
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