Today, what’s normal is being redefined: from vaginal birth to surgical birth; from ‘My water broke,’ to ‘Let’s break your water;’ from ‘It’s time’ to ‘It’s time for the induction.’ As medical anthropologist Robbie Davis-Floyd...

Among industrialized countries, the U.S. ranks 29th in infant survival.

The context needs to be that the goal is a healthy mom. Because mothers never make decisions without thinking about that healthy baby. And to suggest otherwise is insulting and degrading and disrespectful.