Many women get a transvaginal ultrasound in their first trimester. At this stage of your pregnancy, they're more accurate than abdominal ultrasounds. If you have any complications during pregnancy, ...

At the outset, let me state that the following is intended to be a discussion of the medical ethics of a state-mandated but medically unnecessary procedure. More broadly, this is a discussion of state ...

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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 ...

One type, the transvaginal ultrasound, uses a probe inserted into the vagina for clearer images early in pregnancy. For many ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. As my colleague Maya Dusenbery noted a few days ago, Virginia’s new law requiring ...

WASHINGTON — Sen. Lindsey Graham's national 15-week abortion ban would likely force many women to undergo invasive transvaginal ultrasounds before terminating pregnancies, according to doctors. Under ...

I have endometriosis, a chronic reproductive health condition that occurs when tissue that looks and acts like that which normally lines the uterus grows elsewhere in the body. It can cause acute pain ...

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 ...