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The ten most read stories on RH Reality Check this year include Christine O'Donnell's crusade against masturbation, a look at how universities deal with sex in dorms, and early reporting of the Utah legislation that sought to criminalize miscarriage.

A woman births her fourth child at home, against the wishes of her doctor, after having had three prior c-sections and being told she'd need to have another; The ACLU urges the superintendent of the California school district where a young teen committed suicide from anti-gay bullying, to do something about it; and reproductive justice advocates in Minnesota fear they are in for a rough haul this upcoming legislative session.

Minnesota is likely to be the first state to create additional hurdles for medical providers who induce a pregnancy without a medical reason before 39 weeks.

A new study in the American Journal of Obsetrics and Gynecology finds that not only do one out of every three births in this country occur via cesarean section, the rate is expected to rise. These findings come with frightening consequences for women and their newborns.

A woman comes into a hospital, in labor, refuses to pre-consent to a c-section, and has her baby whisked away under charges of child neglect?

The evidence continues to point to the negative impacts of unnecessary medical intervention during childbirth. Studies confirm that not only does labor induction lead to increased c-section rates but that the rate of induction is growing, to the detriment of the health of mothers and babies, as well.

Are hundreds of thousands of women in the U.S. undergoing unnecessary hysterectomies without proper informed consent? Women's health advocate, Rep. Carolyn Maloney says possibly.

Doctors in North Carolina performed a cesarean section on a woman who was not pregnant. The disciplinary action? A public "letter of concern." A midwife would have had her license revoked. What's wrong with this picture?

Pregnant women in the U.S. have a greater risk of dying from pregnancy or childbirth related complications than women in 40 other countries around the world.  It's past time to fix this.