**8. Abortion care**

Since all the efforts were made to tackle COVID-19 and related emergency many routine family planning suffered. One of such important services was abortion care. Abortion services are usually used by a women/couple in cases of unintended pregnancy due to contraceptive failure or non use of contraceptives or rape. Unintended pregnancy can be a cause of psychological issue in a couple if they are not prepared to have a baby, due to financial or personal reasons. During the pandemic many couples with unintended pregnancy could not avail medical abortion services within time as the out-patient/family planning departments were closed, patient were themselves also scared to visit hospital, medical stores could not dispense MTP kits due to unavailability of the prescription. As a result many couples had to keep the pregnancy and deliver at term which adversely affected the mental health of the mother and couple.
