Tagrid Jar-Allah

1 Introduction Sweden's abortion law (from 1974) permits women to undergo an abortion, based upon their request, up to the 18th week of pregnancy. This right was extended to include non-Swedish women from 2008. Abortion beyond 18 weeks requires approval from the National Board of Health and Welfare's legal council and after 21 weeks+6 days, abortions are not permitted if the fetus is considered viable [1].

COVID-19 reproductive medicine sexual medicine Strengths and limitations of this study This is the first ever reported study from Sweden which explores women’s expectations and apprehensions about abortion care and being pregnant during the COVID-19 pandemic. The main strength of this study is the convergent parallel mixed-methods design which combines quantitative and qualitative data. The main limitation is that the interviews were conducted with women who actually sought abortion care.