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The two of us are sisters – Margaret is a historian, Wanda a gynecologist – and we have been writing about the history of infertility, reproductive sexuality, and reproductive medicine for close to three decades now. In our new book, The Pursuit of Parenthood...

Cesarean section is the most commonly performed surgery in the United States today, a stark turnaround from the 19th century when physicians dismissed cesareans as “sacrificial midwifery,” for good reason. The maternal death rate associated with the operation...