Medication abortion during the COVID-19 pandemic in France: A research based on the French national health insurance database.

Objectives: During the COVID-19 pandemic in France, abortion was recognized as an essential service that cannot be delayed, and such care was therefore presumed to be maintained. The aim is to analyze the changes in the practice of abortion in 2020 to identify the consequences of the two lockdowns and the effects of the extension of the legal time limit.

Methods: We analyzed the data collected by the French national health insurance system, which covers 99% of the population.