Epidural anesthesia and other pain medication are frequently used in labor by women to take away the pain of childbirth. Many women have unmedicated births by choice while other women insist on medication from the first contraction.

Take a side. Find journal or news articles that relate to the argument “Should analgesics and general anesthetics be used during childbirth”? Write a paper defending the stand you take on the subject.

Your responses must be complete, using terminology and concepts presented in the primary textbook as well as supplementary resources. Write in complete sentences and use good grammar, double-spacing, 12 point font, with one inch margins. Be sure to cite your resources and provide the references using APA format.