For expectant women, it's not too much to ask

WHEN I TALK to women about the relatively recent history of childbirth -- mothers strapped to hospital beds, doctors not washing their hands between vaginal exams and performing caesareans without anesthesia -- their typical response is that we're lucky to live in this day and age. (Full article: 656 words)

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