By Malcolm Moffat, Tanha Begum, Emer Cullen & Judith Rankin When the COVID-19 pandemic began almost four years ago, few of us could have predicted the profound and enduring impact that the events of 2020 and 2021 would have on all our lives. Not least among those impacts were the effects that lockdown restrictions […]
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What were patients’ experiences of trying to access sexual and reproductive health services during the early months of the COVID-19?
By Raquel Boso Perez, David Reid and Kirstin Mitchell Access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services are imperative, even during pandemics such as COVID-19, when physical distancing measures are deemed necessary. We set up the Natsal-COVID study to understand the impact of service reduction and reconfiguration in Britain in response to COVID-19. Findings from […]
The indirect costs of the pandemic: disruption to contraception services and rise in unplanned pregnancies in the UK
By Dr Neerujah Balachandren and Dr Jennifer Hall One year into the pandemic, the U.N. Sexual and Reproductive Health Agency (UNFPA) estimated 12 million women in low and middle-income countries may have been unable to access family planning services. 1 It has been estimated that as many as 1.4 million unplanned pregnancies may have occurred […]
US abortion rights under attack: before, during, and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic
By Malia Maier, Goleen Samari, and Terry McGovern In 1973, in Roe v. Wade, the United States (US) Supreme Court affirmed that access to safe and legal abortion is a constitutional right. However, abortion rights in the US have since been under fierce attack. In the 48 years since Roe, state legislatures have enacted 1,320 […]