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...Because cesarean delivery is associated with higher maternal mortality and other health issues, these figures are alarming to some medical practitioners and natural-childbirth advocates, who label the Asian trend an epidemic. Their concern has been exacerbated by statistics recently released in the U.S., showing an increase in the cesarean rate - now at 31% of all births, up 50% from 10 years ago - coinciding with a rise in maternal mortality (although the nature of the correlation is not clear-cut and is debated by some experts). For every 100,000 births in the U.S. in 2003, 12.1 women died...
...convinced. Katherine Y. Tan ’10 said that the discussion group should not “exoticize the issue” by attributing it solely to cultural practices. Other discussion members cited health problems related to the practice of female circumcision. It can lead to problems with childbirth and menstruation, several said, and when performed without proper hygiene, female circumcision can cause infection and even death. Despite differing opinions, attendees seemed to reach a preliminary consensus: agree to disagree. “We all have different perspectives of what womanhood is, and we have to recognize that...
...becoming a stripper. Markey had a cloud of puckish hair and dark-painted eyes, and she explained that the strip club had asked her to pick a stripper name. What she chose, she explained, was Bridget, her sister’s confirmation name and the patron saint of childbirth. At first this seemed a little sacrilegious. But then Markey started to sing. She was topless, in gold panties and leather boots, arching her body around the golden pole. It was incredibly sexy, but it was more than that. She was singing about Bridget, the saint of childhood...
...look at anything to do with childbirth. It absolutely disgusts...
...rank, out of 171 countries, of women who die from complications in pregnancy or childbirth. The U.S. death rate--1 in 4,800 women--is far higher than the European average...