>>11380606My general line of thinking is that at its source, it's intended to cause harm. Other facets include money of course. Inducing with pitocin makes the birth occur on the doctor's schedule, greater throughput, in the event it distresses the infant you can charge further for supportive care. Early clamping you get all the cord blood and stem cells, which you of course go on to harvest and sell. Also bearing in mind the excused for clamping early, neonatal jaundice. As it happens a lot of things can cause jaundice, like the form of vitamin K they used to use. Hm. And even then, rates were low, easily treated with phototherapy even back on the 60's.
The overarching picture and mindset one might identify though is "better living through chemistry". Man's endless meddling in things he not only doesn't understand, but is too dim, too lazy, too institutionally and structurally arrogant, to even realize he doesn't understand. Much less admit to fault after the fact.
Anyway. Definitely look into it. Everyone should look into it. On a local forum the other day I saw a posting about classes on birth etc, and honestly, it actually kind of pissed me off. The people who should have been widely campaigning about this long ago, have not, and still do not.
