July 2014
July 23, 2014 – A new paper from The Texas Policy Evaluation Project demonstrates a 13% decline in the abortion rate in Texas and a sharp reduction in medical abortion since House Bill 2 (HB2) went into effect in November 2013...
News & Announcements
July 2014
July 2, 2014 – Ibis Reproductive Health is dismayed by this week’s US Supreme Court ruling allowing “closely held for profit corporations” to deny coverage of contraception to their employees. We are particularly troubled that the Court, in a 5-4 decision, has decided to...
June 2014
June 26, 2014 – Today, in a unanimous opinion, the Supreme Court struck down a Massachusetts law that established 35-foot buffer zones around entrances to state abortion clinics. The buffer was designed to protect both patients and providers from violence and harassment. We are disappointed...
May 2014
May 28, 2014 – Today, Ibis joins women’s rights activists around the world in calling for the re-launch of May 28th International Day of Action for Women’s Health. In doing so, we urge governments and the international community to ensure a holistic, inclusive, and human rights-based approach to women’s and girls’ health in the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
April 2014
April 29, 2014 – Ibis was delighted to join nine other organizations for the Boston premiere of Roe at Risk: Fighting for Reproductive Justice , a documentary describing the recent nationwide attacks on reproductive health and constitutional rights women’s constitutional rights. The...
March 2014
March 6, 2014 – Last night, Amy Hagstrom Miller, owner of Whole Woman’s Health , appeared on the Rachel Maddow Show to publicly state that as a direct result of the 2013 restrictions on abortion passed in Texas, Whole Woman’s would have to close two clinics located in the Rio...
March 2014
In celebration of Purple Day, an international grassroots effort dedicated to increasing awareness about epilepsy worldwide , we are excited to announce the launch of GirlswithNerve.com.
March 2014
March 20, 2014 – Family planning and sexual health advocates, providers, and research experts recently joined together at the Capitol to discuss “The Publicly Funded Family Planning Network: An Essential Partner in the New Health Care Environment.” The Title X family planning...
February 2014
As restrictions on abortion continue to mount in state and federal legislatures, we were pleased to see Margaret Talbot’s recent comment, “Counting the Numbers,” in February’s Anniversary Issue of The New Yorker .
January 2014
Ibis is excited to join nearly 70 reproductive rights, health and justice organizations in signing on to an amicus brief submitted by the National Women’s Law Center in the consolidated cases Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. and Conestoga Wood Specialties v. Sebelius.
November 2013
November 5, 2013 – Along with 16 other local and national sexual and reproductive health organizations, Ibis will celebrate the recent wins in reproductive health, rights and justice as well as the official Boston launch of All* Above All...
November 2013
November 5, 2013 – Building upon the National Teenage Pregnancy Partnership (NTPP), Ibis Reproductive Health, Sonke Gender Justice Network, and others, are forming a campaign to combat the high rates of teenage pregancy in South Africa. The campaign, called ‘mmoho’ a Sotho word...