How can you induce a woman to go into labor, and why would a doctor induce someone instead of just letting them give birth whenever it happens naturally?
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You’re getting a bunch of good medical answers but I think it’s also important to point out that your question seems to be predicated on the idea something happening naturally is “better.” This is a logical fallacy known as the naturalistic fallacy. Things that are natural are not necessarily better, and assuming they are is both bad logic and potentially dangerous.
Diseases and parasites are natural. The medicines that let us live health lives free of them are not. Air conditioning and central heating are not natural, but they save lives every year when weather becomes extreme. Nature is not all good. It has lots of awful and painful things associated with it. Assuming natural things are better will lead you to bad conclusions, as evidenced by all the great answers in this thread.
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