interventions
Does Refusing a C-Section = Child Abuse?
by Amie Newman
August 13, 2010 - 7:00am (Print)
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?
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Time Magazine On Birth, C-Sections and the Rise of Labor Induction
by Amie Newman
August 3, 2010 - 3:58pm (Print)
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.
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