Beyond the political purpose of free speech, the First Amendment provides American people with a marketplace of ideas.. Rather than having the government establish and dictate the truth, freedom of speech enables the truth to emerge from diverse opinions.
cerclage. [ 1 serklÄzhâ²] 2  1 an orthopedic procedure in which the ends of an oblique bone fracture or the chips of a broken patella are bound together with a wire loop or a metal band to hold them in position until healed.
The most common form of cerclage used by doctors today, a permanent suture is placed around the cervix in the McDonald cerclage [7]. Another transvaginal surgery option, it involves making small incisions in the cervical and vaginal tissues to make the stitches that hold the cervix closed until full term [8].