I wish people would stop bashing doctors. There aren't any obstetricians here to defend themselves, but there are plenty of midwives and doulas getting their jibes in, it doesn't seem a fair or balanced argument.
Given that the AMA seems to dictate how the policy is formed on this issue, I think it balances the scale a little.

Have you ever read a newspaper article about anyone you know? They are always, ALWAYS completely and utterly wrong about every detail, and yet we turn the page and instantly take the next thing we read as gospel.
I'm a journalist so I'm aware of how newspapers work. Anyway, from my experience, from policy decisions, and from listening to the stories of other women, the article meshes with the reality.

Why are people so anti doctors, it's very strange. Do you really think someone would become an obstetrician, of all trades, if they were an evil person? These doctors help women every day deliver babies safely. Many women truly appreciate their efforts.
This is the biggest straw-man of these arguments. People aren't anti-doctor. Mostly, they are against unnecessarily medicalised birth which can lead to a cascade of interventions, a lack of empowerment for the birthing woman, worse outcomes for her and her baby, and a higher health bill for the country. The plea to be grateful for this kind of misguided thinking on childbirth furthers the idea that women should submit to what they're told and be grateful for it. Sorry, I'm not doing that. Or at least, I did, and then I learned better.

We get cross when pathologists overservice but people aren't accused of being anti-pathologist when they do so. It isn't denigrating the value of pathology, or the hard work pathologists do or the long hours they put in, to suggest that overservicing is not a good thing.