How to Use D&C in a Sentence
D&C
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In those cases, some doctors have left women bleeding and in pain instead of offering a D&C, a procedure that can prevent hemorrhage.
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Cassandra Jaramillo,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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In those cases, some doctors have left women bleeding and in pain instead of offering a D&C, a procedure that can prevent hemorrhage.
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Cassandra Jaramillo,
ProPublica,
5 Feb. 2026
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Any doctors who violate the law face up to 99 years in prison, which has led many medical professionals to avoid the D&C even in cases of miscarriage, out of fear of punishment.
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Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
25 June 2026
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About three weeks postpartum, what seemed like a routine urinary tract infection escalated into a blood clot in her uterus, requiring an emergency dilation and curettage (D&C).
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Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
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There, doctors performed an immediate D&C (dilation and curettage), which is a medical procedure that clears the uterus of pregnancy tissue after a pregnancy loss to protect against further bleeding.
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Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
22 Nov. 2025
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