More than half of pelvic examinations and almost three-quarters of Pap tests performed on young U.S. young women from 2011 through 2017 were potentially unnecessary, a study published in JAMA ...

At the same time, the guidelines call for shared decision-making between asymptomatic patients and physicians over whether to perform an internal pelvic exam during an annual physical.

In most states, it is legal for a medical student to perform a pelvic exam on a woman who is under anesthesia; Wright believes this happened to her during a surgery in 2009.

There are no numbers to indicate how many pelvic exams have been performed nationwide without consent, but regional surveys suggest that the practice is not uncommon. A 2005 survey at the ...

Proposed Legislation Would Ban Non-Consensual Pelvic Exams in Ohio Medical students routinely perform pelvic exams on unconscious women under anesthetic for other procedures ...

Savanah Harshbarger estimates she performed as many as 10 pelvic exams last year on patients before gynecologic surgeries, feeling for fibroid tumors or other abnormalities.

Most women are familiar with pelvic exams. Usually, they are performed as part of regular checkups. Women are conscious during the exam and aware of what will occur during the procedure.

Savanah Harshbarger estimates she performed as many as 10 pelvic exams last year on patients before gynecologic surgeries, feeling for fibroid tumors or other abnormalities. The Duke University ...

Illinois performed 5,528 abortions on out-of-state patients in 2017, up from 4,543 in 2016, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There are no numbers to indicate how many pelvic exams have been performed nationwide without consent, but regional surveys suggest that the practice is not uncommon.

There are no numbers to indicate how many pelvic exams have been performed nationwide without consent, but regional surveys suggest that the practice is not uncommon. A 2005 survey at the ...