The term “misogyny” is hardly ever used here, but it aptly describes the problem when a pregnant woman comes into the delivery room around the 40th week of pregnancy with regular contractions and wants a caesarean section as the mode of birth. Refusal is almost the rule and the persuasion to have a vaginal birth begins. In this situation, the pregnant woman can hardly “resist”. The right to self-determination, enshrined in the Basic Law, is thus disregarded. Consequently, the Federal Court of Justice has ruled that the pregnant woman herself decides on the mode of birth if this does not pose a risk to the child.