2013 News & Announcements

November 2013

National Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Campaign, "Mmoho" launched in South Africa

November 5, 2013 – Building upon the National Teenage Pregnancy Partnership (NTPP), Ibis Reproductive Health, Sonke Gender Justice Network, and others, are forming a campaign to combat the high rates of teenage pregancy in South Africa. The campaign, called ‘mmoho’ a Sotho word...
November 2013

Ibis to co-sponsor reproductive health, rights and justice panel and Boston launch of All* Above All during APHA Annual Meeting

November 5, 2013 – Along with 16 other local and national sexual and reproductive health organizations, Ibis will celebrate the recent wins in reproductive health, rights and justice as well as the official Boston launch of All* Above All...
October 2013

Ibis ranked in Philanthropedia’s Top 25 National Reproductive Health, Rights, & Justice Nonprofits

October 2, 2013 – Philanthropedia has identified Ibis as a top nonprofit working in the field of reproductive health, rights, and justice based on a survey of 134 experts currently working in the field...
September 2013

Harmful Texas restrictions on abortion challenged in federal court

September 27, 2013 – The Center for Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and the American Civil Liberties Union filed suit on behalf of more than a dozen Texas health care providers and their patients...
August 2013

Ibis’s Vice President for Research Daniel Grossman chosen to present at 2013 North American Forum on Family Planning “Top 4 Oral Abstracts” session

August 6, 2013 – Ibis VP Dan Grossman will present his abstract “Impact of restrictive abortion law on women in Texas,” chosen from over 177 submissions as one of the Top 4 Oral Abstracts at this year’s Forum on Family Planning. In 2011 the Texas Legislature passed a law...
August 2013

American Journal of Public Health 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade collection features Ibis publication

August 20, 2013 – AJPH selected a collection of articles and other materials, compiling a comprehensive list of resources on abortion and reproductive rights. An introduction and overview of the AJPH articles included in this collection can be found in Associate Editor Sofia Gruskin's January...
July 2013

North Dakota judge rules against medication abortion law

July 23, 2013 – North Dakota Judge Wickham Corwin has ruled against the 2011 law that would have effectively banned medication abortions in the state. Judge Corwin stated that the law is ‘simply wrong-headed’ and does not ‘logically address any concerns’ or do anything...
June 2013

As further threats to abortion access loom, Ibis’s Vice President for Research Daniel Grossman writes in the Austin American Statesman about the impact of abortion restrictions in Texas

June 24, 2013 – Texas’s SB 5, which combines several abortion restrictions into one bill, was passed by the state’s House of Representatives this morning despite the protests of a passionate crowd of 800 who registered to testify against the bill. The bill is now moving to the...
May 2013

Ibis responds to Obama administration’s EC decision

May 3, 2013 – Ibis Reproductive Health is extremely disappointed that the Obama administration will appeal US District Court Judge Edward Korman’s order to make over-the-counter (OTC) emergency contraception available to women of all ages. Further, the FDA’s decision to comply...
April 2013

Ibis cited in New York Times article on moving oral contraceptives over the counter

April 22, 2013 – Elizabeth Rosenthal’s Sunday Review article, “Is it time for off-the-shelf birth-control pills?,” examines the possibility of moving oral contraceptives (OCs) over the counter (OTC) in the US.
April 2013

Ibis responds to President’s budget

April 10, 2013 – Ibis Reproductive Health President Kelly Blanchard commented on the abortion coverage provisions in President Obama’s budget submitted to Congress today.
April 2013

TxPEP develops web app to explore the impact of restrictive reproductive health legislation in Texas

April 8, 2013 – In 2011, Texas enacted some of the most restrictive health legislation in the country, including slashing the family planning budget by two-thirds. Researchers at Ibis, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham formed the Texas Policy...
April 2013

Ibis applauds court ruling to lift EC age restriction

April 5, 2013 – Ibis is thrilled by today’s federal court ruling to end the age restriction on over-the-counter (OTC) emergency contraception (EC). Currently, only women aged 17 and older can purchase Plan B One-Step and the generic equivalent without a prescription. Federal judge...
March 2013

Ibis founder Charlotte Ellertson named one of 50 most influential women in health

March 21, 2013 – Charlotte Ellertson is one of the women whose key contributions to health have been recognized in the Huffington Post story 50 Women Who Shaped America's Health . Charlotte Ellertson (March 2, 1966 – March 21, 2004) founded Ibis in 2002; she was passionate about...
March 2013

Ibis, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and University of Texas at Austin’s research cited in a bill to eliminate Texas’s 24-hour abortion waiting period

March 6, 2013 – Over the past two years, Texas has enacted legislation that may drastically affect women’s ability to access reproductive health care, including requiring women to see a doctor at least 24 hours before an abortion for an ultrasound. Ibis began evaluating the impact of...
January 2013

Ibis and 72 other national, state, and local organizations write letter to President Obama urging omission of restrictions on coverage and funding for abortion services in 2014 federal budget

January 3, 2013 – All women should have access to reproductive health services, including abortion, but many women in the US face difficulties obtaining care. The US federal budget has historically banned abortion coverage for people utilizing publicly funded health insurance making it...