New data has revealed that we may see a rise in unexpected pregnancies after hundreds of thousands of women lost access to contraception and abortion services this year.
Superheroes don't always wear capes...“And so governments could have done something to prevent this situation had they stopped to think about reproductive health issues.”
During lockdown many health services had to prioritise Covid-19 care which contributed to a reduction in access to reproductive healthcare and shortages of contraception.as a non-essential medical service which meant many women were unable to access this during the pandemic.It’s also believed that fears about catching the virus from healthcare settings may have added to the drop in women accessing treatment.shortage after coronavirus lockdowns forced major producers to close their factories.
Many manufacturers of contraceptives in Asia had to stop production or reduce capacity. MSI said that India was one of the worst hit countries in women accessing their services — with 1.3million fewer women wanting treatment than that of the previous year. The country is expected to see an extra one million unsafe abortions, 650,000 unintended pregnancies and 2,600 maternal deaths alone.
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