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TIL a literature review on auto-C sections found 22 cases (ranging from 1785-2012), 19 of which had sufficient information & were included in the study. They were divided into three categories: as a means of feticide (7), mentally ill women (4) & as an act of desperation to end prolonged labor (8).

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