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Mississippi’s C-section problem: A third of low-risk women are undergoing surgery for their first birth

Mississippi hospitals deliver more babies (per capita) by c-section than anywhere else in the U.S.

Photos by Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today; Illustration by Bethany Atkinson, Deep South Today

In the state with the most C-sections, these hospitals are challenging the status quo

This is the second story in Fuller's series with Mississippi Today: Mississippi’s C-section problem

In the state with the most C-sections, these hospitals are challenging the status quo
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