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Very Important: Doctor Speaks Out on Transvaginal Ultrasounds

gailsimone:

geekyjessica:

“I do not feel that it is reactionary or even inaccurate to describe an unwanted, non-indicated transvaginal ultrasound as “rape”. If I insert ANY object into ANY orifice without informed consent, it is rape. And coercion of any kind negates consent, informed or otherwise.”

“It is our responsibility, as always, to protect our patients from things that would harm them. Therefore, as physicians, it is our duty to refuse to perform a medical procedure that is not medically indicated. Any medical procedure. Whatever the pseudo-justification.”

Thanks to Phil Plait for the heads up on this one.

If you value women, the health of Americans, science, privacy, or freedom, PLEASE READ THIS AND REBLOG.