Medicine does not overturn the statement--it provides a chemical amelioration of the pain.
I was not the one that made the point: " Medicine overturns the statement in the Bible that women shall suffer in childbirth." I believe that was js1138.
Sorry, didn't mean to imply you were. When I am late-night surfing the threads, I grab the individual post which has the point I am commenting on, excerpt it, and type a reply.