“I have 20 white people against me, and because I am informed and I am making an informed decision, they are trying to take my rights away from me by force,” one of the women told ProPublica of her bedside court hearing.
Hippocratic physicians introduced the first evidence‑based, ethical approach to diagnosing and treating. But their patriarchal work also revolved around theories like women having porous insides they likened to “flocks of wool,” while men’s were “densely woven carpets.”