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September 2011

Second-trimester abortion must be addressed in global strategies to eradicate unsafe abortion and reduce maternal mortality

September 22, 2011 – Unsafe abortion kills 47,000 women every year and leads to complications for millions of women. The risk of death and disability for women undergoing unsafe abortion in the second trimester is particularly high, say Dr. Lisa Harris of University of Michigan and Dr. Dan...

September 2011

Advocates, health care providers, and women step forward to ensure US women can access Medicaid funding for abortion in cases of rape, incest, and life endangerment

September 30, 2011 – The broken Medicaid system under the Hyde Amendment fails women who are legally entitled to abortion coverage under current law

September 2011

Ibis submits comments on HHS guidelines for coverage of preventive services

October 3, 2011– In two letters to Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Ibis Reproductive Health commented on the recently released HHS guidelines for women’s preventive services and contraception coverage under health care reform. In the first letter , Ibis urged removal of the clause in the...

August 2011

How often and under which circumstances do Mexican pharmacy vendors recommend misoprostol to induce an abortion?

August 1, 2011 – Misoprostol has been sold in Mexican pharmacies since 1985. However, little is known about pharmacy vendors’ recommendations for misoprostol use as an abortifacient, especially after the legalization of first-trimester abortion in Mexico City in April 2007. Ibis Project...

July 2011

First study of US military women's experiences seeking abortion care during overseas deployment shows barriers that impact women’s careers and health

July 10, 2011 — Between 19,000 and 23,000 US servicewomen have unintended pregnancies each year, but little is known about their experiences, particularly during deployment. In the first study to investigate US servicewomen’s experiences seeking abortion during deployment, researchers...

July 2011

New research finds providing medical abortion using telemedicine is effective, safe, and acceptable to women

July 21, 2011 — In 2008 Planned Parenthood of the Heartland in Iowa began offering medical abortion with mifepristone and misoprostol at outlying clinics without a doctor on site using telemedicine. A new study led by Ibis Reproductive Health found that women who obtained medical abortion...

June 2011

Ibis Senior Associate Daniel Grossman featured in NPR story on anti-abortion rights groups' efforts to redefine when life begins, and restrict access

June 1, 2011 — National Public Radio’s Julie Rovner reports that anti-abortion groups such as Personhood USA are pushing to redefine life as beginning at fertilization and interviewed Dan Grossman, Ibis Senior Associate and University of California, San Francisco OBGYN, for the story...

June 2011

Ibis congratulates Senior Associate Angel Foster on her new position as Echo Endowed Chair of Women’s Health Research at the University of Ottawa

June 10, 2011 — Although she will be missed, Ibis is pleased to announce Dr. Angel Foster’s new position at the University of Ottawa, where she will be continuing her work on reproductive health in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as expanding her research to include work on...

May 2011

Reproductive health and rights the focus of May <em>Women’s Health Issues</em> supplement

May 9, 2011 – This month’s supplement to Women’s Health Issues (WHI) celebrates the work of Ibis’s Ellertson Fellows, an exciting group of social scientists and public health researchers who study abortion and reproductive health and rights.

March 2011

Ibis celebrates one-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act

March 23, 2011 — This week marks the one-year anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the US health reform law, which promises to have a significant impact on women’s and girls’ access to health care. Ibis is celebrating by blogging about the benefits of the new law...

February 2011

New research sheds light on the use of over-the-counter birth control pills

February 22, 2011 — Women who obtain oral contraceptives over the counter in Mexico are likely to stay on the birth control pill longer than those who obtain pills by prescription at US clinics, according to a study by researchers from two University of Texas campuses, Ibis Reproductive...

January 2011

Ibis urges contraception inclusion as part of preventive health care

January 23, 2011 – In a letter to the Surgeon General , Ibis urged contraception inclusion as part of preventive health care in the US National Prevention Strategy. The letter asserted that access to contraception would help to “reduce unintended pregnancy and improve the lives of women...

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