March 5, 2010

Pelvic exams done without consent


The following is an article about medical students practicing internal vaginal exams in patients while they are unconscious during surgery. Apparently in Canada it is not necessary to attain consent from the patients to do such an examination.

This news horrified me, not only because it is a violation of women’s rights, but also because medical students throughout Canada have been doing these procedures without questioning the moral principles of their actions.

As women, I think it is important to know what else we are signing up for when we go under the knife. Please read on...

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