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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Markian Hawryluk / The Bulletin
April 27, 2006
At the start of the 20th century, nearly one out of every 100 women died in childbirth. By the end of the century, that rate had dropped to less than one in 10,000 women, due in no small part to improvements in Caesarean section surgery techniques.
Caesareans, or c-sections, have become so....