Nearly 1 in 5 women go without a Pap test
“When asked why, about half of women who hadn’t gotten the test said they simply hadn’t thought of it. And of those women who had been to the doctor within the last year but had not gotten a Pap smear, 88 percent said their physician had failed to recommend the test.”

No excuse for this. The current recommendations are as follows:

The USPSTF found good evidence from multiple observational studies that screening with cervical cytology (Pap smears) reduces incidence of and mortality from cervical cancer. Direct evidence to determine the optimal starting and stopping age and interval for screening is limited. Indirect evidence suggests most of the benefit can be obtained by beginning screening within 3 years of onset of sexual activity or age 21 (whichever comes first) and screening at least every 3 years.