Nicholas Kristof

Abortion politics have distracted all sides from what is really essential: a major aid campaign to improve midwifery, prenatal care and emergency obstetric services in poor countries.

American Journalist

Obstetric is used in medical contexts to refer to the branch of medicine focusing on pregnancy and childbirth.

Medical Specialization

The term is technical and most commonly used by healthcare professionals or in educational settings.

Technical Usage

'Obstetric' pertains to humans; use 'veterinary' when referring to animals' childbirth.

Not for Animals

 and saved his wife and his unborn daughter. At that moment, he decided to devote his life to anesthesiology. Later, he'd even go on to help develop the epidural, for delivering mothers. But before he could focus on obstetrics, Bonica had to report for basic training.