May 2021 | Blog
News & Announcements
April 2021 | Statement
We are thrilled to formally announce that Elizabeth (Beth) McClain has joined Ibis' Board of Directors’ as a Member at Large! Beth is currently the Associate Treasurer of Tufts University, where she manages cash and liquidity management, forecasting, investment of short term working capital...
January 2021 | Statement
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
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
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
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...
September 2020 | Blog
September 2020 | Statement
As researchers and advocates for sexual and reproductive equity and justice, we grieve the devastating loss of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Justice Ginsburg was a trailblazer, champion, legal titan, reproductive rights advocate extraordinaire, and overall force. In the highest court...
September 2020 | Statement
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Today, Kelly Blanchard, President of Ibis Reproductive Health, released the statement below following a whistleblower complaint of an alarming number of hysterectomies without consent in an ICE facility. We are outraged to hear the reports from Nurse Dawn Wooten, the...
August 2020 | Blog
July 2020 | Statement
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
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...