News & Announcements

March 2016

Ipas and Ibis release report on Helms and Hyde Amendments

Ipas and Ibis released the first inclusive report and fact sheet on how the Helms and Hyde Amendments harm access to abortion. The Helms and Hyde restrictions prohibit funding for abortion through US foreign aid and federally-funded health insurance programs like Medicaid, respectively. The report...

March 2016

Ibis announces the relaunched Mmoho website and campaign

Ibis is proud to announce the relaunched Mmoho website and campaign! Mmoho is a nationwide advocacy campaign in South Africa that seeks to reduce the occurrence of unplanned teenage pregnancies. By using a positive, rights-based approach, Mmoho aims to change the conversation about teenage...

January 2016

Advancing abortion access 43 years after Roe

We recognize the 43rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade , the landmark Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in the United States. While we celebrate this victory, we know that many face substantial barriers to exercising their right to abortion care. Ibis is working hard to #ReclaimRoe by...

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...

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