Evidence-based techniques for responding to patients’ pain expressions and experiences during such procedures are known, even in the absence of a standard of care.

Pain is recognized as an adverse effect of medication abortion, but its management has been understudied.

Respecting a patient’s privacy is a prerequisite for ensuring that a fundamental trust exists between patient and physician.

Authors argue that use of nonhuman primates and other animals is unjustified.

The phrase, “This might sting,” is perhaps the phrase that best captures the inspiration behind this issue of the AMA Journal of Ethics.

Pain during gynecologic exams and procedures is dismissed, not recognized, and undertreated by some clinicians.

Office-based gynecologic procedures are reimbursed at lower rates than similar office urology and dermatology procedures.

Thoughtful, intentional action and consistent, clear communication are key in these clinical encounters.

Clinicians should consider how structural and individual forces predispose OB/GYNs to discredit patients’ testimonies.

Good practice is founded on recurrent review of analyses of what is revealed in well-designed, high-quality, transparent epidemiological studies.