But Catherine, the majority of women aren't choosing to have c-sections, that's the point. Maternal request for c-section makes up a very small proportion of the overall rate. 32% of women don't walk into a public hospital and say "I would like an emergency caesarean please". What is more likely to be happening is that women go in with an expectation of a 'normal' labour and birth but fall victim to the policies and procedures of that hospital or their obstetrician. For instance, they are told they need to be induced for having a 'big' baby, their pelvis looks 'a bit small', they have 'gestational diabetes', or they're 'overdue'. All these things interfere in the natural process and make the outcome more likely to be a c-section. Women then think they should feel grateful that their baby was saved despite the fact that if they had of been left alone in the first place, it might not have happened.
I am not critical or judgemental of women who choose caesearan, thankfully we live in Australia and have the right to choose, but some women are being robbed of what should be a fulfilling life-changing experience because of somebody else's agenda or timetable.
If our bodies were so poorly designed to give birth (according to the c-section rate) then our species would have died out years ago! ;-)