July 2023 | Media
News & Announcements
July 2023 | Media
July 2023 | Statement
July 13, 2023 - Today, in a historic move for reproductive health that could transform contraception access, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Opill, a progestin-only birth control pill (POP), for over-the-counter (OTC) use. After a comprehensive review of the data and a...
June 2023 | Statement
June 26, 2023 – Last Friday, the Biden Administration issued an executive order on “Strengthening Access to Affordable, High-Quality Contraception and Family Planning Services” . The executive order includes an explicit directive to the Secretaries of the Treasury, Labor and HHS...
June 2023 | Statement
Cambridge, MA, June 23, 2023 – On June 24, 2022, The US Supreme Court released a final decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , which eliminated constitutional protections of the right to abortion care established by Roe v. Wade in 1973. While the protections granted...
June 2023 | Statement
May 2023 | Blog
May 2023 | Statement
May 10, 2023 – Today, in a landmark step for reproductive health, a joint FDA advisory committee voted unanimously to allow a birth control pill to be offered over the counter (OTC). The advisory committee vote reflects the decades of science showing that birth control pills are safe and...
May 2023 | Statement
We are thrilled to announce that Regina Tamés and Jay Zussman have joined the Ibis Board of Directors as Members at Large, and Fatimah Gifford is starting her term as Board Chair. Fatimah will be building on the work of former Board Chair Thoai Ngo to continue to advance racial justice and...