ONTD Political  Holding Birth Control Hostage  7:30 pm -
04/30/2012 Doctors still require women to submit to cancer
screenings and pelvic exams to get birth control pills.
Scientists say that shouldn't happen.  Recently, my doctor gave
me an ultimatum: Come in for a pelvic exam, or I won't refill
your birth control pills. The problem arose after I tried to get
my prescription refilled before going on vacation in March, only
to be told that the doctor's office wouldn't sign off on the
refill because it had been a year and one month since I'd had an
annual exam and a Pap smear. A nurse grudgingly gave me a
monthlong reprieve if I promised to come in for an exam when I
returned from my trip.  I really, really didn't want to go in
for an exam. I've had two kids, a false positive Pap test and
all the ensuing misery that comes with it, and spent enough time
in the stirrups to last a lifetime. All I really wanted were my
pills; I was pretty sure the exam could wait another year or
more.  The science was on my side.