The Crime Of Oral Sex
December, 1975
In 1967, Dr. Robert E. Hales, a 34-year-old suburban Indianapolis physician, lost his medical license for engaging in sex with five women patients. The women, who knew one another, reportedly confided in another doctor, who urged them to sue Hales for malpractice; they did, asking damages of $525,000 in three separate civil actions. The sex, it turned out, was consensual, the suits were later dropped and Hales--presumably wiser in such matters--might have regained his license and resumed his med...
