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Shapiro signs informed consent bill into law

BY: - November 27, 2023

The bill, now Act 31, was sponsored by state Reps. Liz Fiedler (D-Philadelphia) and Liz Hanbidge (D-Montgomery) and would require medical facilities in Pennsylvania to obtain consent before performing pelvic, prostate or rectal exams on anesthetized patients.

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It’s time to end Pa’s outrageous practice of non-consensual, unnecessary pelvic exams | Opinion

BY: - January 14, 2020

Right now in Pennsylvania, doctors and medical students can perform invasive, unnecessary, physical exams on unconscious patients without their consent.