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The introduction of the home pregnancy test in the 1970s came with much controversy. (Tatiana Vdb/Flickr)
The introduction of the home pregnancy test in the 1970s came with much controversy. (Tatiana Vdb/Flickr)

We discuss the choice that mothers face at the end of pregnancy: whether or not to induce labor. A new study that finds inducing labor doesn't necessarily raise the risk of needing a C-section.

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Carey Goldberg, editor of WBUR's CommonHealth blog. She tweets @commonhealth.

This article was originally published on February 26, 2018.

This segment aired on February 26, 2018.

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