News & Announcements

July 2015

Ibis celebrates the introduction of the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act

Ibis celebrates the introduction of the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act, introduced on July 8 by Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) and backed by more than 60 members of Congress. Ibis is proud to endorse this bill, which would lift funding bans that deny...

June 2015

With liberty and reproductive justice for all!

There is no better way to celebrate America's Independence Day than by standing up for reproductive freedom! We are excited to share our Independence Day-themed Free the Pill campaign , the latest effort of Free the Pill and the Oral Contraceptives Over-the-Counter Working Group . Free the Pill is...

June 2015

Ibis Vice President for Research Dan Grossman pens op-ed for LA Times

Ibis Vice President for Research Dan Grossman recently wrote an op-ed for the LA Times on the two new bills that were introduced in the Senate to encourage an over-the-counter birth control pill, including the legislation by Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) aimed at...

June 2015

Ibis statement on Iowa state supreme court ruling on telemedicine

Ibis Reproductive Health was very pleased to hear that the Iowa state supreme court ruled in favor of women’s access to high quality health care today. Ibis Reproductive Health research shows telemedicine provision of medication abortion is safe and effective, and women have reported that...

May 2015

Ibis statement on the Allowing Greater Access to Safe and Effective Contraception Act

Ibis Reproductive Health convenes the Oral Contraceptives (OCs) Over-the-Counter (OTC) Working Group , a coalition of researchers, advocates, and health care providers that is working to move an OC OTC to improve access to safe and highly effective contraception, especially for those who could...

May 2015

New study examines young women's access to SRH information and services in South Africa

A recently published paper in the African Journal of Reproductive Health focused on understanding how young women in Soweto, South Africa obtain sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information and services. In the past decade, there has been a growing awareness and response in South Africa to the...

April 2015

Ibis hosts annual Social Scientists' Research Meeting

Ibis was pleased to host the twelfth annual Social Scientists’ Research Meeting (SSRM) this spring. Each year, Ibis invites social scientists from diverse disciplines whose research addresses abortion, as well as those interested in abortion-related research, to come together at the SSRM to...

April 2015

Ibis partners with South African Department of Health on new policy

Over the past two years, Ibis has worked with the South African Department of Health as an implementation and development partner on various sexual and reproductive health and rights policies. One key area of collaboration was Ibis’s involvement in the Adolescent and Youth Health Policy for...

March 2015

The Later Abortion Initiative launches at Ibis

We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Later Abortion Initiative (LAI) at Ibis. Access to later abortion is a critical women's reproductive health, rights, and justice issue. Building on previous work by colleagues around the country and in collaboration with other organizations, LAI will...

March 2015

Oral contraceptives over-the-counter: Reinforcing the importance of insurance coverage

New research from Ibis and the University of California, San Francisco found that insurance coverage of a future over-the-counter (OTC) birth control pill would result in more widespread use by women and would be cost effective to health insurance plans. In recent years, there has been growing...

February 2015

Ibis at Take Root

We were thrilled to have two Ibis staff members be a part of Take Root , a conference held in Norman, Oklahoma focused on reproductive justice from the perspective of those living in "red" states in the US. Bridgit Burns , Project Manager, presented in a workshop session focused on the Evaluating...

February 2015

I heart my pill and I want it OTC!

In honor of Valentine's Day, we are excited to share the "I heart my pill" campaign, the latest effort of Free the Pill and the Oral Contraceptives Over-the-Counter Working Group . Free the Pill is a website that provides information and updates about the movement to make a birth control pill...

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