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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is (unfortunately or not) common. [/quote]

Doesn't make it right just because it's common.  Not snarky towards you PP, just adding on to your comment. [/quote]

OP, are you a man?  You sound like a man.  This reminds me of the guy who said the Covid test was the most traumatic medical test he'd ever had and all the women on Twitter laughing themselves breathless.  You just seem way too disconnected from reality to be a woman, and like you care more about being "taken for a ride" for $37 than your daughter getting appropriate care.[/quote]

I've been called many things here today - idiot, man, "disconnected from reality". I'm not a man, nor an idiot, and absolutely not disconnected from reality.  I'm simply a mother and woman who is trying to understand why women are being tested for things without their consent.  I find it very disappointing that on DCUM this would even be a debate!

I know that I will continue to be called more names because of my post, that I accept.  But I will not simply shut up when I feel that something is not right.   [/quote]

The only one debating is you. Your daughter gave her consent by agreeing to be seen than peeing in a cup and handing it over during a complaint of abdominal pain. It is beyond standard for this to happen- no debate necessary. 
She can ask and certainly deny the test, but most medical practitioners would not give meds or testing without know if she was pregnant. [/quote]
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[b]Your daughter didn’t ask questions. That’s on her. She should have asked for more specific details after they answered “routine tests”. The pregnancy test was absolutely routine and some patients don’t want/need more details. She needs to advocate better for herself if this is such a big deal.[/b] 
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OP here - and I agree with you 100%.  She should have asked more questions.  She is only 22 and still learning, as am I. She has always been one to self-advocate but this is somewhat new territory for her as she's really only been on her own for a few years.  So this is one of those learning opportunities for her, and for me as well.  I have learned a lot here today.  Some of it very helpful and insightful, some of it not so much. But I accept the good with the bad.  [/quote]
I’m curious how would you advise her moving forward?
[b]Would you tell her to take their pregnancy test?[/b][/quote]

Absolutely! And as I said in an earlier post had they told her they were going to give her a pregnancy test she would have consented.  This whole conversation was not at all about her being against getting tested, it was about not being informed that it was going to happen. When she asked the aid "what is the urine test for" and that person answered "oh just routine stuff", DD thought it was to look for perhaps bacteria or something in that realm. So while I fully agree she needs to be a better advocate, that person should have also given her more information after all it is her body. She should have followed up with "urine culture, looking for bacteria, pregnancy test etc:," and DD would have been fine with it. [/quote]

So now you aren't complaining that she was tested without consent, you're upset that she wasn't specifically and proactively informed of each and every test that was going to be performed?

OK, I guess.  [/quote]

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