News & Announcements

January 2014

Ibis signs on to NWLC amicus brief in Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties Supreme Court cases

Ibis is excited to join nearly 70 reproductive rights, health and justice organizations in signing on to an amicus brief submitted by the National Women’s Law Center in the consolidated cases Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. and Conestoga Wood Specialties v. Sebelius.

November 2013

Ibis to co-sponsor reproductive health, rights and justice panel and Boston launch of All* Above All during APHA Annual Meeting

November 5, 2013 – Along with 16 other local and national sexual and reproductive health organizations, Ibis will celebrate the recent wins in reproductive health, rights and justice as well as the official Boston launch of All* Above All...

November 2013

National Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Campaign, "Mmoho" launched in South Africa

November 5, 2013 – Building upon the National Teenage Pregnancy Partnership (NTPP), Ibis Reproductive Health, Sonke Gender Justice Network, and others, are forming a campaign to combat the high rates of teenage pregancy in South Africa. The campaign, called ‘mmoho’ a Sotho word...

October 2013

Ibis ranked in Philanthropedia’s Top 25 National Reproductive Health, Rights, & Justice Nonprofits

October 2, 2013 – Philanthropedia has identified Ibis as a top nonprofit working in the field of reproductive health, rights, and justice based on a survey of 134 experts currently working in the field...

September 2013

Harmful Texas restrictions on abortion challenged in federal court

September 27, 2013 – The Center for Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and the American Civil Liberties Union filed suit on behalf of more than a dozen Texas health care providers and their patients...

August 2013

American Journal of Public Health 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade collection features Ibis publication

August 20, 2013 – AJPH selected a collection of articles and other materials, compiling a comprehensive list of resources on abortion and reproductive rights. An introduction and overview of the AJPH articles included in this collection can be found in Associate Editor Sofia Gruskin's January...

August 2013

Ibis’s Vice President for Research Daniel Grossman chosen to present at 2013 North American Forum on Family Planning “Top 4 Oral Abstracts” session

August 6, 2013 – Ibis VP Dan Grossman will present his abstract “Impact of restrictive abortion law on women in Texas,” chosen from over 177 submissions as one of the Top 4 Oral Abstracts at this year’s Forum on Family Planning. In 2011 the Texas Legislature passed a law...

July 2013

North Dakota judge rules against medication abortion law

July 23, 2013 – North Dakota Judge Wickham Corwin has ruled against the 2011 law that would have effectively banned medication abortions in the state. Judge Corwin stated that the law is ‘simply wrong-headed’ and does not ‘logically address any concerns’ or do anything...

June 2013

As further threats to abortion access loom, Ibis’s Vice President for Research Daniel Grossman writes in the Austin American Statesman about the impact of abortion restrictions in Texas

June 24, 2013 – Texas’s SB 5, which combines several abortion restrictions into one bill, was passed by the state’s House of Representatives this morning despite the protests of a passionate crowd of 800 who registered to testify against the bill. The bill is now moving to the...

May 2013

Ibis responds to Obama administration’s EC decision

May 3, 2013 – Ibis Reproductive Health is extremely disappointed that the Obama administration will appeal US District Court Judge Edward Korman’s order to make over-the-counter (OTC) emergency contraception available to women of all ages. Further, the FDA’s decision to comply...

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...