Inductions have a tendency to fail...

From the Sacramento Bee, which has a seriously annoying registration process.

Dr. Bruce Flamm, an obstetrician-gynecologist at Kaiser Permanente in Riverside, said while Main's study doesn't settle the debate over C-section rates, it does offer guidance on how to reduce the number of unnecessary ones.

"Be cautious with inductions, because they have a tendency to fail," Flamm said. "And we ought to be careful about admitting patients to labor and delivery if they are not really in labor."

Emphasis mine.

"Failure" probably means a c-section.