partial-birth abortion
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code
Definitions from Case Law
From 530 U.S. 914 - Don Stenberg Attorney General of Nebraskas v. Leroy Carhart · 2000Most cited · 827 citing opinions
an abortion performed using the D&X method as described above.
United States Code
18 U.S.C. § 1531 — as used in this section
the term “partial-birth abortion” means an abortion in which the person performing the abortion—
(A) deliberately and intentionally vaginally delivers a living fetus until, in the case of a head-first presentation, the entire fetal head is outside the body of the mother, or, in the case of breech presentation, any part of the fetal trunk past the navel is outside the body of the mother, for the purpose of performing an overt act that the person knows will kill the partially delivered living fetus; and
(B) performs the overt act, other than completion of delivery, that kills the partially delivered living fetus; and