Mommy, what did you do in the industrial revolution? Meditations on the rising cesarean rate

International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics 2 (1):140-147 (2009)
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As the cesarean rate rises in the United States, it is sometimes hailed as a move toward increased safety or increased autonomy. But the industrialization of birth may have consequences which actually decrease women’s autonomy and strip choices away.

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