Lawyers for the Fairfax County school board will be going to federal court tomorrow to demand vaginal and anal exams of an alleged sexual assault victim, “Kate,” for injuries she says occurred more ...

A former Nebraska State Patrol trooper has lost her lawsuit against the state alleging that she and other women were put through a medically unnecessary and invasive pelvic exam during the hiring ...

Under any circumstances, a pelvic exam is uncomfortable. The invasive practice requires a doctor to insert a speculum into a patient’s vagina in order to examine her cervix, and to insert fingers into ...

SB-16 is a bill to prohibit unauthorized pelvic examinations on female patients who have been administered deep sedation or anesthesia or are unconscious. This is a bill intended to protect ...

Warning: The following article contains graphic accounts of sexual assault that may be distressing for some readers, especially victims of sexual abuse. PORTLAND, Ore. (PORTLAND TRIBUNE) — One-hundred ...

Researchers found 1.4 million received a manual pelvic exam unnecessarily. Health experts say cervical cancer screening is not recommended for females under 21. Researchers suspect it could be due to ...

TRENTON, N.J. - Legislation that protects unconscious patients from invasive examinations without prior consent has been signed into law. The New Jersey Assembly of Democrats said in a release Tuesday ...

They passed a law banning abortion after eight weeks and refused to renew the license of the only clinic within the state providing the procedure. Now Missouri's anti-abortion state officials are ...