Words fail. Erin Sullivan reports: Once again, Florida makes national news. This time it’s over a lawsuit against Valencia College in Orlando, claiming that students in the school’s sonography program were forced to undergo routine transvaginal ultrasounds, in which a large probe is inserted into a woman’s vagina, or be kicked out of the program and…
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Court: College’s required vaginal ultrasound probe not a 4-A “search”
There’s a follow-up on a case involving Valencia College that I’ve been covering since 2015. The case raises a number of issues that I find troubling. Eva Fedderly reports on the latest developments, which include a judge disagreeing that a required vaginal ultrasound probe is a Fourth Amendment “search” under the conditions of this case:…
11th Circ. Reinstates Vaginal-Ultrasound Case
Julie Baker-Dennis reports the latest development in a lawsuit previously noted on this site: The 11th Circuit revived three students’ claims that employees of Florida’s Valencia College violated their right to free speech and protection against unreasonable searches by pressuring them to undergo transvaginal ultrasounds. The three former sonography students who attended the public college sued…
When Playing a Patient Is Part of the Training
Last month, I noted a lawsuit against Valencia College in Florida. The lawsuit had been filed by students who claimed that they were threatened with lowered grades or dismissal if they did not allow themselves to be subjected to transvaginal probes as part of the student training experience. Last week, the New York Times had…