Baby boom ahead as pandemic keeps women from family planning

Millions of women and girls globally have lost access to contraceptives, abortion services and related care because of the coronavirus pandemic. Photos: AP

Millions of women and girls globally have lost access to contraceptives and abortion services because of the coronavirus pandemic. Now the first widespread measure of the toll, says India, with its abrupt, months-long lockdown, has been hit especially hard.

Several months into the pandemic, many women now have second-trimester pregnancies because they could not find care in time.