If I get my birth control prescription by telehealth, doesn’t my doctor need to take a pap smear to decide what birth control I need?

You don’t need a pap smear to see what birth control you need. Actually, the pap smear has nothing to do with birth control pills. The Pap smear is to check for cervical cancer. In fact, most doctors have 1 pill they prescribe to most patients, if that has bad side effects, then that’s where they change it up. Read more about pap smear and what it consist on here