News & Announcements

December 2015

Exciting news about our work to "Free the Pill"

Ibis announces new grant to "Free the Pill" Packard Foundation grant will support the effort to move a birth control pill over the counter December 17, 2015 - Ibis Reproductive Health is thrilled to announce a $12 million grant from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation in support of our work to...

November 2015

Ibis co-convenes research dissemination meeting on adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Ghana

This October, Marie Stopes Ghana , Ibis, the University of Ghana School of Public Health , Ghana Health Service , Population Council , National Population Council , and Futures Group/Palladium co-convened a research dissemination meeting in Accra on adolescent sexual and reproductive health in...

November 2015

Improving measurement of the quality of reproductive health care in Ghana and South Africa

In 2013, Ibis was proud to be selected by The David and Lucile Packard Foundation in its first global Quality Innovation Challenge . In this initiative, the Packard Foundation supports innovative ideas to improve quality in sexual and reproductive health and empower women and girls in new ways...

October 2015

TxPEP research shows wait time to obtain an abortion is increasing in Texas as clinics close

The amount of time women have to wait before they can get an appointment at an abortion clinic in Texas has increased, according to research performed by the Texas Policy Evaluation Project (TxPEP) , a collaboration of researchers from the University of Texas Population Research Center, the...

September 2015

Understanding the impact of contraceptive stockouts in Uganda

In partnership with the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition , we are excited to conduct a study that will generate data on the impact of stockouts on women and communities in Uganda. A contraceptive stockout is a time when someone seeking a chosen method of contraception cannot obtain it because...

July 2015

World Population Day: Protecting a woman's life is a priority, in any circumstance, and at all times

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...

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