The College points out that Dr . Carhart does not reposition the fetus, thereby avoiding any risks stemming from conversion to breech presentation, and that, as compared with D & AMP; X, D & AMP; E involves the same, if not greater, blind use of sharp instruments in the uterine cavity.
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Under the bill, partial birth abortion is defined as a procedure in which the fetus is killed after 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 ."
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Partial birth abortion, as defined by the bill, is a procedure in which the fetus is killed after 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 ."
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Partial birth is not a medically accepted term, but as defined by the bill it is a procedure in which the fetus is killed after 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 ."
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His collaborator, Dr . Frederic Frigoletto, chief of obstetrics at the Massachusetts General Hospital, said, " We should begin by identifying what the rate should be for given conditions _ multiple births, breech presentation, diabetes in the mother, etc . We need data to determine this so we can establish rates based on the best outcomes, not rates set by bureaucrats with economically driven motives ."
