You're right, it doesn't stop other procedures from taking place. I forgot to mention that the D&E procedure is still accessible, and is more often used. HOWEVER, from the same facts that Secret presented:
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* IDX, because it delivers a fetus whole, creates less risk of uterine perforation from bone fragments than other forms of late-term abortion.
* IDX has less risk of infection than other forms of late-term abortion, because it takes less time and requires the insertion of fewer instruments into the uterus.
* IDX (like other late-term abortion procedures) can prevent a woman who has found that her fetus is dead or not viable from having to undergo labor and delivery of a dead fetus.
* IDX can allow women whose fetuses are not viable to view and hold their dead babies after delivery.
* In cases where a fetus has severe hydrocephalus (water on the brain, which can cause a fetuses head to be grotesquely enlarged), the options to a woman may be IDX or a Cesarean section--that is, a three-day outpatient procedure or major surgery, with attendant potential complications.
* The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists explicitly opposed the ban.
The law allows for IDX to be performed to save a woman's life--but not to save, say, her uterus. Because there are other surgical options for late-term abortions, it is highly unlikely that banning IDX will prevent a single abortion. It may, however, prevent some women from having the safest procedure for their particular circumstances.
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This is clearly the better procedure, with less trauma caused to the mother, and is over-all more efficient. I accidentally jumped the gun in my formal post.
This isn't relevant to the discussion, but:
As for the difference, I think things are very strange. The D&E procedure basically consists of the abortionist cutting the fetus into pieces and removing them one by one. IDX is creating an incision in the fetus's skull and suctioning out the brain. To be frank, the former sounds much more barbaric than the latter, yet all this controversy is around IDX. I don't understand
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