Unauthorized Pelvic Exams: In The Media
2021 Patient Consent Initiative
Legislative Action
Ethical Statements
Project Team
Chicago Tribune, November 29, 2018
For coverage of these reforms, see:
She didn’t want a pelvic exam but got one anyway while under anesthesia. In many states, consent is not required, Chicago Tribune
She Didn’t Want a Pelvic Exam. She Received One Anyway, New York Times
States Move to Protect Anesthetized Women from Non-Consensual Pelvic Exams, Route Fifty
Bills seek special consent for pelvic exams under anesthesia, Savannah Now
Pelvic exams performed without patients' permission spur new legislation, ABA Journal
Med Students Are Doing Vaginal Exams on Unconscious, Non-Consenting Patients, Vice News
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan OKs bill requiring pelvic exam consent, The Baltimore Sun
States seek explicit patient consent for pelvic exams, Bay News 9
Law Professor’s Scholarship Leads to New Legislation Banning Unauthorized Exams, Washington & Lee
Are Med Students Practicing on You?, Men's Health
Commentary: #JustAsk: Stop treating unconscious female patients like cadavers, Chicago Tribune
The ethics of pelvic exams performed on anesthetized women without their knowledge, Deseret News
The health reporter is in, Dec. 13, 2018, The News-Gazette
#MeToo? Some Hospitals Allow Pelvic Exams Without Explicit Consent, Indiana Public Radio
Some teaching hospitals perform non-consensual pelvic exams, WAND
#1548: Botanical Art; Unconsented Pelvic Exams; A Police First, WAMC