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C-section debate: Why the controversy will never go away

C-Sections are primarily performed to save the life of the mother and her baby. [iStockphoto]

Last week, the streets of social media were lit on fire when a young man decided to post a comment that was perceived as discriminatory against women who had given birth through caesarean section.

"Women who gave birth via caesarean section (C-section) do not know the pain of giving birth," he wrote.

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