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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-13391033/Louise-thompson-traumatic-childbirth.html

Why aren’t elective c-sections offered as an option to all women, as is standard in other countries? It seems so infantilizing to gatekeep women’s healthcare in this way. Personally, I found it rye-opening that most OBs choose c-sections for themselves. I’m not saying it should be pushed or encouraged - just that it should at least be a choice. Of course all surgeries come with risks, but why do we trust women to weigh those risks when contemplating a repeat C vs. VBAC, but not in the first instance? Just weird and smacks of misogyny imo.[/quote]

Surgery carries risks for the patient. They expose ob/gyns to malpractice. They are more work to manager from a physician's standpoint.  If doctors don't want to offer that service, it's their right. It's their license. If you can find someone to do it for you, more power to you. But you don't have a right to an elective surgery. [/quote]

I love that the NCB people are convinced that surgeons are pushing c-sections for convenience but also unwilling to do them because they're more work. Pick an argument!

A woman does actually have a right to appropriate medical care, and choices over her care. All OBs do c-sections. A planned c-section at full term is very safe, can be requested, and often is suggested for older or obese patients. None of that forces a surgeon to do a surgery they feel isn't safe or appropriate. [/quote]

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