impact of the covid-19 pandemic on abortion in the united states impact of the covid-19 pandemic on abortion in the united states amid the covid-19 pandemic, anti-abortion government officials in several american states enacted or attempted to enact restrictions on abortion, characterizing it as a non-essential procedure that can be suspended during the medical emergency. the orders have led to several legal challenges and criticism by abortion-rights groups and several national medical organizations, including the american medical association. legal challenges on behalf of abortion providers, many of which are represented by the american civil liberties union and planned parenthood, have successfully stopped some of the orders on a temporary basis, though bans in several states have not been challenged. part of a series on thecovid-19 pandemicscientifically accurate atomic model of the external structure of sars-cov-2. each "ball" is an atom. covid-19 (disease) sars-cov-2 (virus) 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protective equipment (ppe). in the context of these orders, several republican officials and anti-abortion advocates argued that abortion should be considered non-essential, leading to orders in multiple states explicitly prohibiting the procedure. several medical organizations and human rights groups issued statements critical of the restrictions. the american medical association characterizing them as "exploiting this moment to ban or dramatically limit women's reproductive health care." the american college of obstetricians and gynecologists, the american board of obstetrics and gynecology, the american association of gynecologic laparoscopists, the american gynecological and obstetrical society, the american society for reproductive medicine, the society for academic specialists in general obstetrics and gynecology, the society of family planning, and the society for maternal-fetal medicine issued a joint statement that "abortion should not be categorized as . abortion is an essential component of comprehensive health care. it is also a time-sensitive service for which a delay of several weeks, or in some cases days, may increase the risks or potentially make it completely inaccessible." plan c, a website that provides information about online abortion pill vendors, noted that its traffic had doubled by march 23 and tripled by april 8. the publication jewish currents said that by mid-march its viewership for an article on how to induce an abortion was "off the charts". impact based on states alabama