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Why Do We Judge Women Over How They Give Birth?

August 4, 2021 Health, Mental Health, Science and Technology

Leslie Jamison teaches in Columbia University’s MFA program, and she joins us to talk about the rise of the Cesarean section and the backlash against it, pitting the procedure against the idea of a “natural birth” and a woman’s worth as a mother.

Do Women Really Need All Those C-Sections?

February 4, 2021 Culture, Health, Science and Technology

Jacqueline H. Wolf, professor of the history of medicine at Ohio University, joins us to talk about the history of cesarean birth and the impacts it has on women’s lives and the public health system as a whole.