When a woman undergoes gynecological surgery, what happens when she’s under anesthesia? In teaching hospitals, it’s common practice for medical students to give patients a pelvic exam as part of their ...

Despite this, the numbers of pelvic exams performed without consent, frequently on women under anesthesia, only increased; by 1990, that percentage was up to 37%. By 2011, Shawn Barnes ...

MADISON, Wis. (WBAY) - The state senate unanimously passed a bill requiring written consent to perform pelvic exams on women who are unconscious or under anesthesia involving a medical student.