The decision revives a lawsuit filed by 94 women who said their OB-GYN sexually abused them. Previously, a lower court determined that the actions they alleged had to be treated as medical malpractice.
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.
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)
You say that as if that practice has been abandoned
I had to look it up. Article from 2021.
https://www.healthywomen.org/your-care/pelvic-exams-unconscious-women
Fuck
Double fuck
Quite literally, isn’t it?
I was always suspicious of male OB/GYN, it seems like an unusual specialty to choose for purely altruistic reasons.
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)