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Listening to Women: Impact of COVID-19 on Abortion Services in India

Abortion

July 2021

In a world trying to cope with a pandemic with unprecedented speed of spread, the health systems of individual countries on the throes of complete breakdown had far reaching impact on people’s lives. As governments with single minded focus tried to contain the pandemic, the collateral damage done to reproductive health of the most vulnerable sections of population such as marginalised women was completely overlooked. There was a need to explore, understand and document women’s need for and experiences with accessing time sensitive and highly stigmatised and misunderstood abortion services.

Listening to Women

We contributed to a multi-site qualitative study in eight states conducted after the first phase lockdown between October and December 2020.

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