News & Announcements

October 2017

Response to efforts to strip away women’s rights and access to health care

Recent actions by the Trump administration have further reinforced its disdain for women and disregard of proven scientific evidence. Ibis condemns efforts to strip away women’s rights and access to health care. These include the following: The Department of Health and Human Services’...
September 2017

Celebrating World Contraception Day

September 26—On World Contraception Day, we celebrate that women in over 100 countries can access birth control pills without a prescription—and American women are closer to this goal than ever before. A revolution in how contraception is delivered is underway. From apps that connect...
June 2017

Washington Post op-ed: Pharmacy access today, and OTC access on the horizon

The Washington Post published an op-ed by Ibis's Vice President for Development and Public Affairs Britt Wahlin which celebrates the new law in Maryland that will soon allow pharmacists to prescribe contraception, but reminds readers that an over-the-counter (OTC) birth control pill is on the...
May 2017

Mmoho campaign featured on popular South African TV show

On May 4, Communications and Outreach/Research Coordinator Bongeka Cutshwa and Research Coordinator Maureen Mtimkulu appeared on SABC 3, a South African national television station, to speak about our work to address the sexual and reproductive health needs of young people and the mmoho campaign...
April 2017

Ibis responds to elimination of US UNFPA funding

We at Ibis are deeply disappointed by the Trump administration’s decision to cut all funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). UNFPA provides life-saving and critical services like family planning, midwife training, and safe childbirth; the organization also works to put an end...
March 2017

Removing unnecessary barriers to medication abortion

Ibis President Kelly Blanchard joined a group of experts from several disciplines to release a commentary published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine highlighting the harms caused by overregulation of mifepristone in the United States. The FDA regulation mechanism known as REMS (Risk...
February 2017

Mmoho campaign recognizes National Condom Week in South Africa

The mmoho campaign held its fourth media engagement workshop last week to recognize National Condom Week in South Africa. The workshop was themed around condom use and negotiation, as well as the taboos of sexual pleasure, especially among young people. Guest speakers presented on a variety of...
January 2017

Speaking out against the Global Gag Rule

We at Ibis are angry and disappointed that President Trump chose to reinstate the Mexico City Policy, commonly known as the Global Gag Rule. The Global Gag Rule prevents health care providers around the world who receive US funding from offering comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care,...

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