Transvaginal ultrasounds are solidly on the list of “medical procedures no one wants but you’ll probably need at some point anyway.” This type of ultrasound can be useful if your doctor needs to get a ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 24, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Conceptus Inc. (Nasdaq:CPTS), developer of the Essure® procedure, the most effective non-surgical permanent birth control method available, ...

Plenty of pundits on both sides of the ideological aisle have weighed in on the country's ongoing abortion debate and the transvaginal ultrasound mandates passed by several states—what some people ...

A Republican legislator in Michigan has proposed legislation that would require women to go through an invasive procedure known as a transvaginal ultrasound before they could get an abortion. The bill ...

“Women might consider this bill a TSA pat-down inside their vagina.” —Jon Stewart, “The Daily Show” Contraception and abortion are shaping up to be mobilizing issues in this year’s presidential ...

Let a fellow student conduct an “invasive” transvaginal ultrasound on you while your teacher calls you “sexy” and suggests you should be an “escort girl,” or be “blacklisted” from working at local ...

Several states are considering laws that would mandate an ultrasound before a woman has an abortion. Critics say the laws are unnecessary and intrusive, and the debate reached a fever pitch recently ...

It’s not as if “Doonesbury,” the comic strip, hasn’t tackled controversial subjects before. Still, the series just released, which features a woman seeking an abortion being forced to undergo a ...

Transvaginal ultrasounds are solidly on the list of “medical procedures no one wants but you’ll probably need at some point anyway.” This type of ultrasound can be useful if your doctor needs to get a ...