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Lawsuits: Gynecologist Sued Over Sexual Assault By Two Female Patients For Eating The Kitty Kat

This is disgusting . Doctor Served With Sexual Assault Lawsuit According to The NY Daily News A former New York-Presbyterian/Columbia Hospital doctor sexually assaulted two former patients in his gynecology office in 2012, claims a lawsuit filed Monday in Manhattan Supreme Court. The two female plaintiffs were identified only by their initials — L.K. and A.Y. Their attorney, Anthony Donofrio, said Dr. Robert Hadden of Tenafly, N.J., performed oral sex on both young women, and one reported the incident to police last June. Police sources confirmed that they had a report about a June 29 sexual assault involving Hadden, and that he was taken into custody the following day, but the record was sealed. Hadden stopped seeing patients in his Fort Washington Ave. office in September. He did not return calls to his home. Hospital spokeswoman Myrna Manners said Columbia and the hospital “take allegations of this nature very seriously” but she declined to comment further on pending litigation. Ladies do you trust your doctor? Continue reading

For Discussion: Should Doctors Offer IUDs For Teenage Girls To Reduce Teen Pregnancy?

Physicians Recommending ‘IUD’ Option Become Available For Teenage Girls The teen pregnancy epidemic in the United States has long been a controversial topic of discussion from doctor’s offices, to high school sex education classes and even into the homes of parents with teenagers across America. In the latest effort to decrease the occurrence of teen pregnancy , a prominent group of health physicians are suggesting that doctors begin offering IUDs as contraception to sexually active teenage girls. via ABCNews A leading group of physicians who advise on women’s health has issued new guidelines recommending for the first time that doctors offer intrauterine devices (IUDs) and implantable contraception — methods commonly referred to as long-acting reversible contraception — to teenage patients. More than one third of young people ages 15 to 19 are sexually active, yet most teens are not using, and may not even know about, these birth control methods, according to statistics from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) issued a paper Thursday evening containing new guidelines to offer IUDs and implants as first-line birth control options for teens. What say you Bossipers…is this recommendation going too far? Would you allow your teenage daughter to get an IUD? Images via Shutterstock

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For Discussion: Should Doctors Offer IUDs For Teenage Girls To Reduce Teen Pregnancy?