#39: An Alarming Practice
So this next fact is true but requires a quick correction: it’s not just women that this applies to. There has been a long tradition of doctors having students perform pelvic exams on both men and women while they are under anesthesia for another procedure.
This has been considered normal in the medical field for a long time. Just because it’s practical so that medical students can get practice doing an important type of exam. There has been a backlash against it recently, but even though it’s often considered something of a gray area, it’s still technically legal in 29 states in America.