Is it true that the WHO reported that the leading cause of maternal death in developed countries is c-section surgery?
No, that is completely not true. There have been a number of studies that have claimed that c-sections increases the rate of maternal deaths. Maternal deaths are very rare. The average person is not at risk for that, and women who die in pregnancy or in childbirth tend to have lots of risk factors. They usually have a serious pregnancy complications, they have eclampsia or preeclampsia, they have preexisting medical problems, they’re very sick to begin with. Generally, as part of treating them, they have a c-section either because the delivery needs to be expedited or they have a heart condition because they can’t withstand the strain of labor. Those are women who are more likely to die, not because they had the c-section, but because they were at high risk to begin with.
