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Utah Supreme Court Rules That Alleged Sexual Assault by a Doctor Is Not “Health Care” (www.propublica.org)

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You say that as if that practice has been abandoned

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I had to look it up. Article from 2021.

https://www.healthywomen.org/your-care/pelvic-exams-unconscious-women

Fuck

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago (2 children)

A recent survey of 101 medical students from seven American medical schools found that 92% had performed a pelvic exam on anesthetized female patients, 61% of whom reported not having explicit consent from the patients.

Double fuck

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Double fuck

Quite literally, isn't it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I was always suspicious of male OB/GYN, it seems like an unusual specialty to choose for purely altruistic reasons.

[–] medusa 11 points 1 month ago

Abandoned? Definitely not. It's just not as "acceptable" these days. (Grew up with family member OB/GYN from the 1950s and was definitely the type to do that shit)