If routine induction of labour at term cannot be justified, when should intervention occur?

Is routine induction of labour at term ever justified?

Further consideration of the physiological process of labour at term raises an additional point.

When this occurs during labour at term, it is known as "spontaneous rupture of membranes" (SROM).

If the rupture precedes labour at term, however, it is referred to as "premature rupture of membranes" (PROM).