Projects

Impact of service delivery and capacity building on abortion stigma

Beyond the legal and access barriers that women experience, stigma and social barriers impact and delay women’s ability to access safe, high-...

Addressing teenage pregnancy in South Africa: Research and policy collaborations for progress

Ibis convenes the National Teenage Pregnancy Partnership (NTPP), a coalition of NGOs, government departments, and university partners that share...

Observational study of the mifepristone-misoprostol regimen for second-trimester abortion in Western Cape Province, South Africa

Despite medication abortion using mifepristone being the recommended regimen by the World Health Organization, use of mifepristone-misoprostol has...

Improving women’s access to quality reproductive health services

Improving the quality of care provided in the reproductive health setting can lead to the provision of better care, increased access to and use of...

Assessment of the experience and impact of contraceptive stockouts on women, providers, and policymakers in Uganda

Improving access to contraception is cost effective and improves women’s and children’s health, helps to reduce maternal mortality, and...

Tracking health care procedure policies and their impact

Abortion is a common, safe, and legal health service, but has grown increasingly inaccessible in the US. Since it was first legalized, states have...

Documenting the impact of the Hyde Amendment on low-income women and abortion providers

The federal Hyde Amendment prohibits the use of federal Medicaid coverage of abortion except for women whose pregnancies are due to rape or incest,...

Later Abortion Network

Later abortion (after the first trimester) is less common in the United States and more stigmatized than first-trimester abortion. Yet a woman’...

Women’s opinions on long-acting and permanent methods of birth control

Long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) and sterilization are popular contraceptive methods. However, they have been associated with safety...

Exploring the barriers to outpatient miscarriage management: Perspectives of private Ob/Gyns and Emergency Medicine physicians

Despite advances over the past decade in both outpatient uterine aspiration and medical management, miscarriage in the United States is largely...

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