Obstacles and opportunities: a qualitative study of the experiences of abortion centre staff with abortion care during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Flanders, Belgium

Figures & data

Table 1. Count of staff members that were interviewed versus all staff members employed at the abortion centre by professional status and gender

		Number employed	Number interviewed
Coordinator	Female Male	10	10
Psychosocial staff	FemaleMale	80	70
Doctor	FemaleMale	32	21
Total		14	11

Figure 1. Minimum, maximum, and average number of abortion requests, abortions, and type of abortion during the period of lockdown compared to the reference period

Table 2. Clients who request an abortion versus clients who actually receive an abortion during the period of lockdown compared to the reference period

		Number of abortion requests	Number of abortions	Abortions/abortion requests
16th March–14th June	2015	751	625	83.22%
	2016	713	598	83.87%
	2017	749	630	84.11%
	2018	731	617	84.40%
	2019	725	607	83.72%
	Average 2015–2019	733.8	615.4	83.87%
	2020	596	501	84.06%

Figure 2. Overview of the changes made in the abortion procedure due to COVID-19 protective measures