I know this isn't exactly what you're saying, but C-sections are encouraged by doctors because it's convenient for them and actually reduces their risk. Hard (though not impossible) to mitigate the convenience factor, but stopping cray bitches from suing them constantly would cut down on them. In places where suing your doctor is tantamount to suing the government (and thus you can't) they do a lot fewer (and as the left loves pointing out, have some better outcomes overall). I'm not big on government medicine; just pointing out about the role of lawsuits.
It's a factor for sure. More convenient and less liability exposure for doctors but heinously bad for babies.
One thing that actually is happening (thank venture capital, ironically) is that dedicated hospitalists are on hand. They work on shifts and are always at the hospital. This means that a doctor doesn't have to worry about whether the choice to go for vaginal birth means they have to come in at 3 am on a Sunday. The guy who ends up doing that is going to be there anyways. The people who think that the 10k or whatever "they" pay means that they own several other human beings for 9 months don't like it, though.
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