**7. Contraceptive needs**

Many couple could not access contraceptive services during the pandemic due to closure of many of the hospitals and medical stores. Due to lockdown and restrictions also many could not visit the nearby medical stores as per their convenience. Those who could not get the contraceptive of their choice either practiced temporary abstinence, natural methods or did not use any method. Unintended pregnancies resulting as a result of non use of contraceptives needed abortion services and resulted in unsafe abortion services or continued with unwanted pregnancy and delivered. Many children born as a result of such unwanted pregnancies were abandoned. Many women suffered anxiety disorders, sleep disturbances and feeling of guilt because of this.
