Reply #44: In actuality,

[OldLeftieLawyer]

all abortions are D&Es. I learned that from an MD a long time ago, before Roe v. Wade, when it was all still illegal. It's all dilation and evacuation.

In fact, all first term abortions are D&Cs, as well as D&Es, simply because curretage and evacuation are involved in that particular procedure. In the second trimester, the curretage aspect is no longer part of the procedure, so it's only D&E.

Think of the entire system, and then see how the rubric carries over, and not only in matters of nomenclature. Otherwise, you run the risk of hearing yourself using the misbegotten phrase "partial-birth abortion," and that would be terrible.