How the struggle to access contraception in the UK is causing a boom in unplanned pregnancies

Abortion providers say those in need of contraception have been ‘disgracefully neglected’ during pandemic, writes Maya Oppenheim

Marie Stopes, a leading UK abortion provider that polled 1,000 women, said those needing contraception have been “disgracefully neglected” during the pandemic and young women and girls have been hardest hit ( )

Women might have been finding it increasingly difficult to access contraception in recent years due to sexual health services being decimated by cuts, but coronavirus has catapulted the issue into overdrive.

A new report found one in three women does not know how to access contraception because their normal means of doing so have been cut off during the Covid-19 crisis - with providers warning women are grappling with a postcode lottery of services.

Marie Stopes, a leading UK abortion provider that polled 1,000 women, said those needing contraception have been “disgracefully neglected” during the pandemic and young women and girls have been hardest hit.