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MADISON… Hospitals would be required to protect women by obtaining their explicit written consent before medical students could perform pelvic exams on female patients who are unconscious or under anesthesia, according to legislation unanimously passed today by the State Senate. State Sen. André Jacque (R-De Pere), co-author of the Patient Privacy Protection Act with State Rep. Janel Bra...