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by Balgair 1321 days ago
It may depend on state, but I thought that c-sections are MDs only. Given that ~30% of all births in the US are via c-section, I wouldn't agree that such cases are rare.
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If my sister is to be believed [0] C-sections are over-utilized by hospitals.

[0] I admit there is perhaps some bias here

This is a pretty widespread belief, right? Haven't looked into the actual underlying facts.

Looking at C-section rates:

https://www.statista.com/statistics/283123/cesarean-sections...

If I were a woman I'd probably rather live in some of those low C-section countries than the high ones. But this is "policy analysis by general country vibes," probably not very accurate, haha.