The Health Report: South’s persistently high c-section rate

WUGA | By Lauren Baggett

Published April 22, 2022 at 7:00 PM EDT

This week on the Georgia Health Report, host Lauren Baggett and Andy Miller of Georgia Health News discuss the South’s persistently high c-section rate and what some states are doing to bring rates down.

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