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Florida recently became the first state to allow cesarean sections (C-sections) to be performed outside of hospitals, as reported by KFF News. Doctors and industry experts weigh in.

It is the first state to allow this.

A private equity-owned physicians group lobbied the state legislature to promote “advanced birth centers.”…

Florida is the first state to allow doctors to perform cesarean surgeries outside of hospitals, but critics fear risks to women and their babies.

The initiative, part of a call to action by the Florida Hospital Association, aims to improve the mental health and reduce suicides of mothers before and after childbirth.

This spring, Florida lawmakers quietly passed a new health bill that allows doctors to perform C-sections outside of hospitals.

A new Florida law makes the Sunshine State the first in the nation to let cesarean sections be performed in "advanced birth centers." Some health experts are leery even though many hospitals have closed maternity wards.

Florida has become the first state to allow doctors to perform cesarean sections outside of hospitals, siding with a private equity-owned physicians group.

Initiative aims to improve maternal mental health, reduce deaths from suicide