News & Announcements

April 2013

Ibis applauds court ruling to lift EC age restriction

April 5, 2013 – Ibis is thrilled by today’s federal court ruling to end the age restriction on over-the-counter (OTC) emergency contraception (EC). Currently, only women aged 17 and older can purchase Plan B One-Step and the generic equivalent without a prescription. Federal judge...

April 2013

TxPEP develops web app to explore the impact of restrictive reproductive health legislation in Texas

April 8, 2013 – In 2011, Texas enacted some of the most restrictive health legislation in the country, including slashing the family planning budget by two-thirds. Researchers at Ibis, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham formed the Texas Policy...

April 2013

Ibis responds to President’s budget

April 10, 2013 – Ibis Reproductive Health President Kelly Blanchard commented on the abortion coverage provisions in President Obama’s budget submitted to Congress today.

April 2013

Ibis cited in <em>New York Times</em> article on moving oral contraceptives over the counter

April 22, 2013 – Elizabeth Rosenthal’s Sunday Review article, “Is it time for off-the-shelf birth-control pills?,” examines the possibility of moving oral contraceptives (OCs) over the counter (OTC) in the US.

March 2013

Ibis, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and University of Texas at Austin’s research cited in a bill to eliminate Texas’s 24-hour abortion waiting period

March 6, 2013 – Over the past two years, Texas has enacted legislation that may drastically affect women’s ability to access reproductive health care, including requiring women to see a doctor at least 24 hours before an abortion for an ultrasound. Ibis began evaluating the impact of...

March 2013

Ibis founder Charlotte Ellertson named one of 50 most influential women in health

March 21, 2013 – Charlotte Ellertson is one of the women whose key contributions to health have been recognized in the Huffington Post story 50 Women Who Shaped America's Health . Charlotte Ellertson (March 2, 1966 – March 21, 2004) founded Ibis in 2002; she was passionate about...

January 2013

Ibis and 72 other national, state, and local organizations write letter to President Obama urging omission of restrictions on coverage and funding for abortion services in 2014 federal budget

January 3, 2013 – All women should have access to reproductive health services, including abortion, but many women in the US face difficulties obtaining care. The US federal budget has historically banned abortion coverage for people utilizing publicly funded health insurance making it...

November 2012

Ibis is celebrating its 10th anniversary!

Join us on November 29 at the Harvard Faculty Club in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Like us on Facebook . Follow us on Twitter . Take part in our online celebration! Welcome us to Facebook and follow #10factsfor10years on Twitter as we share Ibis's research highlights from the past decade. Stay tuned...

November 2012

Ibis releases two briefs on the sexual and reproductive health of women in the US military

November 5, 2012 – In 2010 Ibis embarked on a body of work focused on the reproductive health needs and experiences of women in the US military. Servicewomen have higher rates of unintended pregnancy compared to their civilian counterparts, and federal policy prohibiting access to and public...

November 2012

Ibis applauds the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) for giving full support to move oral contraceptives over the counter

November 20, 2012 – Today ACOG released a Committee Opinion giving full support for over-the-counter oral contraceptives. The announcement will also be published in the December issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology. ACOG states that making OCs available OTC is safe and that women support OTC...

September 2012

University of Texas and Ibis research on family planning budget cuts in Texas published in the <em>New England Journal of Medicine</em>

September 27, 2012 – Texas has enacted the most extreme restrictions on reproductive health services of any state to date, slashing funding for family planning by two-thirds and threatening the survival of the state's Medicaid waiver program. The number of funded family planning organizations...

July 2012

Ibis celebrates the Supreme Court's health care reform decision to improve women's health and lives

July 2, 2012 – Ibis joins our colleagues in celebrating the Supreme Court’s decision upholding the majority of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Several important provisions of the law addressing women’s health correct historic injustices in the private health insurance system and...

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