https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/aug/27/women-feel-like-failures-if-they-havent-had-a-normal-birth-how-the-nct-has-shaped-childbirth-in-the-uk?CMP=twt_gu#Echobox=1724732570
'For many parents, the support and camaraderie they found through the NCT is invaluable. But according to its critics, the NCT’s focus on natural birth – inherent in its original name, the Natural Childbirth Association – has contributed to real-world harm for parents and babies. When ideology enters healthcare, things can – and do – go wrong. Over the past decade, three independent, government-commissioned reports have identified natural birth philosophy, including a reluctance to perform caesareans, as a contributing factor in maternity scandals.'