Every year millions of women trek to their gynecologist or other healthcare provider and reluctantly climb into the stirrups. Though no one particularly likes a pelvic exam, most women put up with the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A new batch of states is looking to legislate the level of informed consent required for medical students to perform pelvic exams on unconscious patients for educational purposes.

On Monday, the federal government issued new recommendations that require hospitals to get consent before conducting intimate exams on patients, especially those under anesthesia. The Scripps News ...

When I was a medical student in the 1980s, the school hired “pelvic instructors” who taught us how to do exams in a painless and respectful way. They even allowed us to perform practice examinations ...

A new batch of states are looking to legislate the level of informed consent when it comes to medical students performing pelvic exams for educational purposes on unconscious patients. Colorado ...

Before patients undergo intimate physical exams, including ones performed under anesthesia, hospitals must obtain written informed consent — or risk federal funding. That’s according to new guidance ...

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 ...

'At Your Cervix' director and producer A'magine worked as a gynecological teaching associate in New York City for 10 years, where she taught medical and nursing students how to perform pelvic exams on ...

Missouri lawmakers have advanced a set of bills to bar health care providers and medical students from performing pelvic, prostate and anal exams on patients who are unconscious and did not consent.

It all started with a taped-out visualization on Ann Gilligan’s kitchen floor. The RN who’s worked in the health care industry for 35 years and has a background in labor and delivery wanted to create ...