whaaat?

So sue me, I was reading stories about child birth and THIS popped up:

"Time to End Pelvic Exams Done Without Consent"

Does this actually happen?!!!

More and more I am rejecting the idea of Western medicine, and articles like this sure don't help me...

Also, for the life of me, I can't figure out if the person in the picture is a man with an earring or a woman with a beard...