From:  http://www.chiroaccess.com/Articles/The-Deplorable-US-Infant-Mortality-Rate.aspx?id=0000155 Despite great technology, the United States has an infant mortality rate like that of a third world nation.  The procedure intensive approach to childbirth in the U.S. is believed to be a significant contributing factor.  A survey of 1,573 pregnant women reported significant interventions such as “regional analgesia (76%), ruptured membranes (65%), forceful [...]