Washington Post

Pelvic exams are ‘unnecessary’ for most young women, according to a new study. We had experts weigh in.

For a young woman, a checkup at the gynecologist may consist of several components: discussing her sexual and reproductive history, checking her breasts for lumps, getting tested for sexually ...
Reuters

Women seeking birth control get unneeded pelvic exams

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many doctors require that women have a pelvic exam before they can get a prescription for birth control pills, despite guidelines saying that the step is unnecessary, a new ...
ABA Journal

Pelvic exams performed without patients' permission spur new legislation

Ashley Weitz didn’t expect a pelvic exam when she went to the emergency room for uncontrolled vomiting. It was 2007, and the doctors in the Utah emergency room couldn’t tell what was wrong, despite ...
Washington Post

Pelvic exams can be ‘traumatic.’ Here’s how women and experts suggest lessening anxiety.

When she was a child, Morgan, now 36, said, she was sexually assaulted multiple times by a pediatrician under the guise of pelvic exams — a procedure in which doctors insert two fingers into the ...
clickondetroit.com

Should Michigan law require consent before pelvic exams are performed on unconscious patients?

FILE - A hospital bed is seen in a COVID-19 unit at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles, Nov. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Jae C ...