The second concern is mother's safety, which for many precludes her right to choose. At the crux of the debate are gnarly issues of informed consent and who pays. And there is a sense that women are losing something profound and essential. Kim McNulty is pregnant. Poll respondents do not believe it.
Prematurity is the leading cause of neonatal morbidity and infant mortality.
It makes treatment in NICU almost a certainty and can lead to a cascade of procedures for the baby. The birth process squeezes mucus out of the baby's lungs and stimulates the nervous system. Surgical delivery necessitates intubation to clear the lungs and often resuscitation to stimulate a baby unprepared to enter the world. Sophie Alexander , MD provided citations from the scientific literature on this topic. See References at the end of this article.