December 2010
We are pleased to announce the launch of My Little Black Book for Sexual Health!
News & Announcements
November 2010
March 17, 2010 – We are thrilled to share a new collection of resources on medication abortion. Ibis aims to improve access to medication abortion for women around the world through clinical and social science research. We test ways to make protocols and regimens—including both...
October 2010
The Oral Contraceptives (OCs) Over-the-Counter (OTC) Working Group has launched its website: www.OCsOTC.org.
October 2010
October 1 2010 – The Department of Health and Human Services recently took public comments on two proposed rules on important facets of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the health care reform law passed in March 2010. Ibis submitted comments on both the rules for Group Health...
September 2010
September 3, 2010 – Ibis Senior Associate Dr. Daniel Grossman and colleague Dr. Joseph Potter from the University of Texas lament the limits of the new health care reform law which does not extend coverage, including contraception, to unauthorized or recent immigrants in a special...
September 2010
September 13, 2010 – Laura Tillman describes the experience of a woman in Brownsville, Texas, who obtained misoprostol to induce a miscarriage after she discovered an unwanted pregnancy in The Nation . Misoprostol is one half of the two-drug regimen approved for medication abortion in the...
August 2010
June 22, 2010 – Ibis President Kelly Blanchard makes the case for moving oral contraceptives (OCs) over the counter (OTC) in the New York Times
May 2010
May 5, 2010 – New research from Ibis Reproductive Health shows that insurance coverage of contraception is a significant factor in young women's decisions about contraceptive use and method selection in Massachusetts.
May 2010
May 21, 2010 – In a letter to the editor on May 21, 2010, Ibis Board member Carmen Barroso praised columnist Nicholas Kristof for his coverage of the global unmet need for contraception. Barroso, director of International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region, underscores...
April 2010
The Medicaid system is not meeting the needs of women seeking abortion services, even in cases that qualify for federal funding under the current Hyde Amendment restrictions.
April 2010
April 15, 2010 – American women who live along the US-Mexico border frequently buy over-the-counter oral contraceptives from Mexican pharmacies because they don't need a prescription and can send a friend to pick up the pills, according to a study by researchers from two University of Texas...
April 2010
April 23, 2010 – At the 2010 National Abortion Federation Annual Meeting, Ibis Senior Associate Dr. Daniel Grossman was awarded the Social Science Scientific Paper Award for Ibis’s research evaluating the use of telemedicine to improve access to abortion in rural settings . In...