The health of pregnant women, new mothers and their babies is critically endangered today. With COVID-19 necessitating lockdowns the world over in 2020, millions were cut off from essential health services leading to devastating health impacts, especially in low-resource settings. In India, despite progress in improving maternal health – our Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) went from 245 in 2004-6 to 113 per 100,000 live births in 2016-18 – we are likely to account for the highest maternal and child mortality figures in the region if the people who need it most continue to be cut off from health services.