Canada’s Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists wants to curb Caesarean section births, up by 17 percent from 1993 and at an all-time high with more than 25 percent of women undergoing the procedure, the Toronto Star reported June 26. The increase is due to changing demographics, rising obesity rates and fear of malpractice lawsuits. A study last year in the Canadian Medical Association Journal found that a Caesarean birth is three times more dangerous for healthy mothers than vaginal births.
