What is "D&E"? What is Mendoza's understanding of the procedure, and how does she react to it?

            The dilation and evacuation (D&E) is a procedure that can be used during the termination of unwanted pregnancies or if the pregnancy poses a threat to the life of the mother as well as the unborn baby. Martha Mendoza understands the D&E procedure to be a way that can help women deal with the situation of complicated pregnancies and abortions that put their lives in real danger. The author warms up to the idea of the D&E procedure as she persuades the government as well as the general society to have a change in the rules and regulations concerning abortion by providing doctors with the training to perform these procedures when necessary....