1. It involves pulling the fetus feet first from the uterus except for the head, which is suctioned out and compressed so that it can fit through the cervix. 2. It involves dilating the cervix, pulling the fetus partially into the birth canal and collapsing the skull. 3. The fetus is pulled through the vagina, and the head is partially evacuated while still inside the pregnant woman. 4. The nearly fully-formed fetus is pulled, feet first, through the birth canal until all but the head has been delivered. 5. The procedure involves partially pulling the fetus into the birth canal and then collapsing the skull in order to let it be extracted. 6. Why would any woman choose to have a fetus pulled out by a grotesque process that requires its skull to be crushed to pass through the cervix? 7. After pulling the fetus through an incision, they locate the spinal cord and close tissue over the exposed area. 8. The procedure involves pulling the fetus partially out of the uterus, feet first. 9. The procedure, called dilation and extraction, involves pulling the fetus partially out of the uterus feet first. |