It's also not good to force the baby out when it's not ready either.
There are a lot of medical reasons to induce and they have learned that its not good for baby to go too much past due date because the placenta starts to age
Yes they used to leave you going over but now they'll do it too speed it all up. I personally havent had one as my 1st child was 5 days early but alot of my friends have been offered/given them xxx