News & Announcements

February 6, 2012 – A new report released today by Ibis Reproductive Health and the Global Health Access Program (GHAP) documents a widespread public health emergency in populations affected by the decades-old conflict in eastern Burma. Its consequences include maternal mortality rates that...

December 7, 2011 – Ibis Reproductive Health is surprised and extremely disappointed that Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius stepped in and overruled the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision to make Plan B One-Step available over the counter...

September 22, 2011 – Unsafe abortion kills 47,000 women every year and leads to complications for millions of women. The risk of death and disability for women undergoing unsafe abortion in the second trimester is particularly high, say Dr. Lisa Harris of University of Michigan and Dr. Dan...

October 3, 2011– In two letters to Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Ibis Reproductive Health commented on the recently released HHS guidelines for women’s preventive services and contraception coverage under health care reform. In the first letter , Ibis urged removal of the clause in the...

July 10, 2011 — Between 19,000 and 23,000 US servicewomen have unintended pregnancies each year, but little is known about their experiences, particularly during deployment. In the first study to investigate US servicewomen’s experiences seeking abortion during deployment, researchers...