Actually, I suspect that soon this will be done in many more places than Latin America and LA…as it becomes viewed more and more as a “choice” issue
from http://www.ican-online.org/info/news/041200.htm
"Others even say an elective Caesarean is now no more hazardous than a normal vaginal delivery and ought to be a woman’s choice.
‘Every other medical condition we give the patient the options to deal with it. This is the only area where we deny the patient the choice,’ said W. Benson Harer Jr., president-elect of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).
‘It’s not a matter of the procedure, it’s the principle of a woman’s right to control her body,’ Harer said. "