To some, it describes a particular procedure that physicians call "intact dilation and extraction."

The bill would ban the abortion procedure, known medically as intact dilation and extraction, except when needed to save the pregnant woman's life.

Haskell was not the first physician to perform intact dilation and extraction.

The precise number of such abortions, known technically as intact dilation and evacuation, is unknown.

Not all such late-term abortions are performed through intact dilation and evacuation.

She referred to the procedure as intact dilation and evacuation.

Sponsors of the law said it was intended to outlaw only one specific procedure, known as the intact dilation and extraction.

Why would such women then choose intact dilation and extraction?

Anti-abortion groups call that partial-birth abortion; doctors use the term intact dilation and extraction.

The senators were debating a procedure known technically as intact dilation and extraction.