'As a doctor, I have seen only too often the drastic action that women and girls take when they are unable to access contraception and safe abortion,' says expert
A study by Marie Stopes International, which provides abortion and contraception services worldwide, warns 1.9 million women and girls lost their usual access to its contraception and safe abortion services in the first half of the year as a result of the global public health emergency.
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