Pa. bill would ban pelvic exams on unconscious women without getting their OK

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Medical exams on unconscious patients by medical students have a cloudy, controversial history.

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The Philadelphia-area woman woke up from anesthesia with the feeling someone had probed her pelvic area. She couldn’t get answers from the hospital. But another doctor eventually told her it’s entirely possible she was given a pelvic exam by a medical student. At some teaching hospitals, medical students perform pelvic exams on unconscious patients, sometimes without their consent.

“To her that was shocking and when she described it to me, I was horrified as well,” says state Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.

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