Students Sue FL College for Vaginal Exam

Three female students are suing Valencia College in Florida for being forced to undergo vaginal examinations during training for the medical procedure. The women claim they were threatened with reduced grades or being blacklisted by potential employers if they didn't submit to the peer exam. "Valencia positioned these transvaginal probes as voluntary, but its actual policy and practice was that they were not," the lawsuit says. The college has not yet been served with the lawsuit, but issued a statement saying, "The use of volunteers — including fellow students — for medical sonography training is a nationally accepted practice.