One personal comment. My mom had a couple of miscarriages, both followed up by a D&C, before I was born. I knew about this as a kid, so I thought a D&C was a normal and common part of reproductive health care. And it is. But these bans are making it hard to give such routine care. #WeAreDying

D&Cs are performed after miscarriage or abortion, for fibroids, for cancer cells, to determine the cause of abnormal bleeding, to determine the reason for infertility, and for a variety of other reasons. D&Cs are routine care and save lives. www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treat...#WeAreDying

Dilation and Curettage (D and C)

A procedure where the cervical canal and uterine lining are scraped with a spoon-shaped instrument to remove abnormal tissues. Learn more.