And health care providers usually charge more. A World Health Organization survey of hospital and clinic births in nine Asian countries earlier this year found 27 percent were c-sections, and in China it was nearly half of all births.

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

So I looked for two roommates that were compatible and found Debbie Wasserman Shultz from Florida,from the South, and Melissa Bean from the West, from Illinois, and I am from the East,New York, so we are from different sections of the country, but we were all mothers and had been elected officials and have a great deal in common."

VOA: standard.2010.08.07