2007 News & Announcements

December 2007

Ibis recommends documentary film Abstinence Comes to Albuquerque

December 20, 2007 – Ibis recommends Abstinence Comes to Albuquerque , a documentary film about the events that unfolded when abstinence-only education was introduced in New Mexico’s public schools. Through interviews with national experts, state public health officials, parents, and...
December 2007

Ibis celebrates its 5th anniversary

December 5, 2007 – Ibis Reproductive Health held its 5th anniversary fundraising event at the Radcliffe Gymnasium in Cambridge, MA. Guests enjoyed food and beverages donated by many local and community-minded businesses. In addition, Ibis staff members made the desserts, including the three-...
October 2007

Beth Fredrick responds to new research on worldwide abortion rates

October 13, 2007 – The Lancet published a comment by Ibis board member Beth Fredrick written in response to new research on worldwide abortion rates and trends from the Guttmacher Institute and the World Health Organization published in the same issue. In her piece, Ms. Fredrick argues that...
September 2007

Ibis board member Vanessa Northington Gamble named University Professor at The George Washington University

September 10, 2007 – Ibis board member Vanessa Northington Gamble has been named University Professor of Medical Humanities at The George Washington University in Washington, DC. An internationally recognized scholar on race, ethnicity, and justice in American medicine and public health, she...
September 2007

Ibis research cited in the Emergency Contraception Education Act of 2007

September 27, 2007 – Research conducted by Ibis staff is cited in the Emergency Contraception (EC) Education Act of 2007 , sponsored by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA). Recognizing that EC can be a safe and effective means of preventing unintended pregnancy, but that EC use and awareness are low...
September 2007

Dan Grossman receives the Ortho Outstanding Researcher Award at Reproductive Health 2007

September 15, 2007 – Ibis Senior Associate Dan Grossman received the Ortho Outstanding Researcher Award at Reproductive Health 2007, a meeting sponsored by the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals, Planned Parenthood® Federation of America, the Society for the Advancement of...
September 2007

Ibis awarded grant to study abortion self-induction

September 5, 2007 – Ibis was awarded a grant from the Society of Family Planning to study women’s experiences with abortion self-induction in San Francisco, Boston, and New York City. The study will use a mixed-methods approach to better understand this phenomenon, as well as to...
August 2007

Ibis research highlighted in the current id21 focus

August 24, 2007 – Research by Ibis and colleagues at PATH and the Population Council is highlighted in the current id21 focus, dedicated this month to the topic of unsafe abortion. Conducted before Mexico City’s recent move to legalize abortion, the study sought to estimate the economic...
July 2007

Trial finds diaphragms and lubricant gel add no benefit for HIV prevention when using condoms

July 13, 2007 – The Methods for Improving Reproductive Health in Africa (MIRA) trial found that the use of diaphragms and lubricant gel in addition to condoms for HIV prevention is no more effective than condoms alone. Ibis was a collaborating partner in the MIRA trial, led by researchers at...
June 2007

Award from SAAF to support a project to improve second trimester abortion services in South Africa

June 28, 2007 –Ibis is pleased to announce that it has received a grant award from the Safe Abortion Action Fund for a project to improve second trimester abortion services in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Administered by the International Planned Parenthood Federation, the Safe...
April 2007

Journal article models how wider use of misoprostol could reduce maternal deaths from unsafe abortion

April 27, 2007 – An article by Ibis President Kelly Blanchard, Senior Associate Dan Grossman, and colleagues at the University of California, San Francisco appeared in this month’s International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics . Named one of the “Editor’s Selections,...
April 2007

Ibis collaborates on systematic review of advance provision of emergency contraception

April 18, 2007 – We are pleased to announce the publication of a new Cochrane systematic review, “Advance provision of emergency contraception for pregnancy prevention.” We collaborated on this review with lead author Chelsea Polis, a doctoral student at Johns Hopkins and former...
April 2007

Dr. Angel Foster receives the National Abortion Federation Scientific Poster Award

April 3, 2007 – Ibis Reproductive Health staff member Dr. Angel M. Foster and colleagues at a leading university in Palestine received the 2007 National Abortion Federation Scientific Poster Award. Entitled “Illicit sex, abortion, and so-called ‘honor-killings’: Attitudes...
March 2007

Dr. Angel Foster appears as a guest on The Riz Khan Show

March 21, 2007 – Ibis Reproductive Health Associate Dr. Angel M. Foster appeared as a guest on The Riz Khan Show. During the interactive live program dedicated to HIV/AIDS in the Middle East, Dr. Foster spoke about the importance of identifying and addressing the needs of unmarried women and...