partial-birth abortion

emergency abortion, late-term removal of a non-viable fetus, intact dilation and extraction (term used by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology), dilation and evacuation. Partial-birth abortion is not a medical term, but a highly biasing phrase coined by abortion opponents. No medical procedure known as partial-birth abortion exists. If it is necessary to use "partial birth" as part of the title of legislation, it should be preceded by "so-called." See also abortion.