Can the doctor force me to undergo a pap smear before prescribing me birth control?
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Can the doctor force me to undergo a pap smear before prescribing me birth control?
Asked on February 27, 2013 under Malpractice Law, Michigan
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
This doctor is free to refuse to prescribe any medication, including birth control, unless he conducts a test which he believes is medically necessary or appropriate. You are free to seek some other doctor or clinic (such as Planned Parenthood?) which may be willing to forego this test; but you cannot force a medical practioner to prescribe medicine without a test or examination, if doing so would be against his or her medical judgment.
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