A trans-national examination of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on abortion requests through a telemedicine service.

Liën Trudi van OoijenKristina Gemzell-DanielssonMitzi M WaltzRebecca Gomperts

Published in: BMJ sexual & reproductive health (2021)

Almost half the women and pregnant people having an abortion through WoW reported experiencing obstacles to abortion care because of COVID-19. Abortion guidelines should be updated to permit abortion services via telemedicine. This is especially urgent during the ongoing pandemic.

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