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January 2021 | Statement

A turbulent week in United States history

On Wednesday afternoon, a mob stormed the United States Capitol building, emboldened by white supremacist ideology, conspiracy theories, and incitements from the sitting President, and enabled by many others in positions of power. While we are not surprised, we are appalled. The peaceful Black...
December 2020 | Statement

Driving change in an unprecedented year: 2020 highlights

The COVID-19 pandemic, the global uprising for racial justice, and political battles around the world underscore the deep structural inequities and injustices that prevent people from exercising their human rights and accessing the care they need. Ibis’s research and partnerships are focused...
November 2020 | Statement

Ibis celebrates historic wins in US election season

We join our partners, communities, and people around the world in celebrating President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, and this historic moment in US history with the election of the first woman, the first Black person, and the first South Asian person to that office. We...
October 2020 | Statement

Claire Mawisa joins Ibis Board of Directors

We are delighted to announce that Claire Mawisa, a South African media personality and a Director at Luminosity Lab , has joined Ibis’s Board of Directors as a member at large. Claire is an investigative journalist at Carte Blanche , one of South Africa’s flagship magazine and actuality...
July 2020 | Statement

New website exposes motives of anti-abortion policymakers

While last week’s Supreme Court decision struck down a Louisiana abortion law, hundreds of restrictive abortion laws remain on the books—a new online tool seeks to hold state lawmakers accountable for promoting women’s, children’s health. 07.09.2020 - (PRESS RELEASE) Today,...
July 2020 | Statement

Ibis responds to Supreme Court decision on birth control coverage

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Today, Kelly Blanchard, President of Ibis Reproductive Health, released the statement below in response to the Supreme Court's decision on birth control coverage. “Today’s decision is a devastating loss and flies in the face of what we know to be true based on...
June 2020 | Statement

Ibis responds to US Supreme Court decision in June Medical Services v. Russo

June 29, 2020 – With today’s decision, the Supreme Court has affirmed what we've long known, and what research from Ibis Reproductive Health and our colleagues helped codify into law four years ago: it is unconstitutional for states to impose medically unnecessary “admitting...

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