It’s not every day that a second-year art school project makes headlines. But in October 2013, the press got wind of one Central Saint Martins student’s plan for a new performance piece, titled Art ...

When doctors are asked to perform virginity testing, they should refuse because it's not medically necessary and may cause psychological harm, some U.S. ethicists argue. These pelvic exams are done in ...

The Indonesian Army will no longer conduct "virginity tests" on female cadets, the army's chief of staff said Wednesday. The test, which the World Health Organization determined has "no scientific ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (CNN) — The comments, as soon as they made ...

Lawmakers in California are moving to ban what many feel is an archaic and demeaning practice: virginity testing. If performed by a doctor the procedure is currently allowed, ut a proposed bill would ...

Virginity "testing" is regarded as a form of sexual assault in most of the west, but the practice still continues in several countries for a variety of cultural, economic and religious reasons. The ...

In a world where a hook-up can be equivalent to a handshake and sex-positive influencers dominate social media, you’d be forgiven for thinking the concept of virginity still mattered to anyone. But ...

In a joint statement given on Wednesday, United Nations agencies called for "virginity testing" for women and girls to be banned across the globe. According to the UN press release on Wednesday, the ...

NPR's Michel Martin talks with Sophia Jones, senior editor for The Fuller Project, about the controversy surrounding virginity testing. We're going to turn now to a story that made all kinds of waves ...

Lawmakers on opposite sides of the country are considering new legislation that would be the first in the nation to ban "virginity testing." The two separate bills in the New York and California ...