I don't remember where, but I had come across claims that medical students could perform pelvic exams (including the vagina) on anesthetized women, without consent.

So you go in for knee surgery and you get your vagina played with by medical students without your consent.

According to snopes (https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pelvic-exams-informed-consent/), as of 2004 this was common practice in many places and as of 2018 it was legal in 45 states.

As of 2020, some progress has been made and it is now "only" illegal in 40 states.

As per this article: https://www.route-fifty.com/management/2020/02/pelvic-exam-bills/162871/

Scroll down to around the middle of the article and you get the following line:

Doudera said the bill in Maine may expand to include rectal and prostate exams as well. 

Does this mean that it's perfectly legal for medical students to perform prostate exams on men without consent in all 50 states of the united states?

Probably, but I'll never find out for sure, because it's something that affects men, not women. I can't find anything about it on the internet.

As far as we know, it's routine for medical students to round up the list of exams they need to practice on unconscious patients who can't complain. But the only situation that gets any attention is women's pelvic exams.

Does anyone know more about this? With sources?

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Edit: Confirmed, it's also happening to men for prostate exams. But no one is doing anything about it (except maybe, Maine).

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32152870/

Edit2: 8 out of 19 states that have passed legislation about this include other intimate examinations. But it's not clear how many include prostate exams vs how many only include breast exams. So, still no idea if your prostate is safe in the US (or anywhere else for that matter).
Source: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/hast.1337