I think there is some major confusion in this thread.

No one is saying that elective c/section should not be available to those women who want it after making an informed choice.

The concern is for the majority of women who go into hospital expecting a vaginal birth and come out with a belly wound.

They are two VERY different scenarios and alot of posts here are attempting to compare them, or lump them in as all the same.

I couldn't care less if someone has an elective c/section - their body, their baby. But that was not the birth I wanted, or many others here wanted. But that's what we got. Naturally we feel ripped off, and traumatised by that, which is WHY so many of us have an opinion about c/sections in general. That is WHY it's such a heated topic.