COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Two Ohio lawmakers have taken aim at doctors’ and medical students’ use of intimate exams on unconsenting patients. House Bill 89, introduced by state Reps. Brett Hillyer ...

Performing intimate exams under anesthesia (EUA) is a standard part of medical training. Yet, some researchers and opponents argue that pelvic and prostate exams too often occur without explicit ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday held a ceremonial signing of a bill — prompted by a KSHB 41 I-Team investigation — that prohibits pelvic and other intimate exams on ...

Legislation introduced in Ohio statehouse could address an issue that many patients don’t know about: Non-consenual pelvic exams administered by medical students as practice in their studies while ...

Before patients undergo intimate physical exams, including ones performed under anesthesia, hospitals must obtain written informed consent — or risk federal funding. That’s according to new guidance ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On Monday, the federal government issued new recommendations that require hospitals to get consent before conducting intimate exams on patients, especially those under anesthesia.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A new batch of states are looking to legislate the level of informed consent when it comes to medical students performing pelvic exams for educational purposes on unconscious ...

Over the last few years, reporting from across the country has revealed that in an alarming amount of hospitals, medical students perform intimate exams on patients who were unconscious or under ...

Twenty-seven U.S. states require hospitals to give unconscious patients informed consent before students perform intimate exams on them for their training. Ohio is poised to become the 28th. Across ...

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Medical chaperones who observe intimate physical examinations are becoming more common in hospitals and doctor's offices nationwide amid high-profile sexual abuse cases in which many victims said they ...