Lawyers for the Fairfax County school board will be going to federal court tomorrow to demand vaginal and anal exams of an alleged sexual assault victim, “Kate,” for injuries she says occurred more ...

NEWS EIGHT’S TOM LEHMAN EXPLAINS HOW THIS MEASURE PROTECTS PATIENTS UNDER A NEW LAW JUST SIGNED BY GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO. MEDICAL STUDENTS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS WOULD BE BARRED FROM ...

SB-16 is a bill to prohibit unauthorized pelvic examinations on female patients who have been administered deep sedation or anesthesia or are unconscious. This is a bill intended to protect ...

Hospitals must obtain informed consent from patients before allowing physicians to conduct sensitive and invasive examinations, such as pelvic and prostate, particularly if the patients are under ...

The invasive duck-billed metal device has been the bane of routine checkups for 180 years. It’s time to reinvent the pelvic exam. The present-day pelvic exam, born through the graceless adequacy of a ...

Michigan currently has no state law preventing medical students from performing pelvic exams on anesthetized patients without their consent. Surveys indicate that nonconsensual exams are common for ...

TRENTON, N.J. - Legislation that protects unconscious patients from invasive examinations without prior consent has been signed into law. The New Jersey Assembly of Democrats said in a release Tuesday ...

(Reuters Health) - Although guidelines say most women under age 21 don't need pelvic exams or cervical cancer screenings, a U.S. study suggests many still get these invasive tests. Nationwide, an ...

Researchers found 1.4 million received a manual pelvic exam unnecessarily. Health experts say cervical cancer screening is not recommended for females under 21. Researchers suspect it could be due to ...