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Childbirth: A battle in which women are being used as human shields

For Mother's Day, author Tina Cassidy calls for a truce in the labour war

IN the months of excitement leading up to the birth of my son, I had visions of a natural delivery, something simple and quiet. I prepared for the event by taking classes sponsored by the big teaching hospital where the birth was to happen.