2014 News & Announcements

December 2014

Freethepill.org launches with new video and website

Ibis Reproductive Health and the Oral Contraceptives (OC) Over-the-Counter (OTC) Working Group are thrilled to announce the launch of a new video and website . Free the Pill has already garnered a lot of attention, including an article in The Huffington Post . Free the Pill provides information and...
October 2014

Ibis Senior Project Manager Kate Grindlay receives third place in the poster abstract category at the 2014 North American Forum on Family Planning

October 12, 2014 – We are proud to announce that Kate Grindlay, Senior Project Manager, received third place in the poster abstract category at the 2014 North American Forum on Family Planning for her research titled, “Unintended pregnancy among active-duty women in the US military,...
September 2014

Ibis joins the September 28 Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion

On September 28th, Ibis will join reproductive health activists from around the world in the Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion. This year's campaign is focused on abortion stigma, and we join our colleagues in recognizing and engaging with the immense impact that stigma has...
July 2014

Hobby Lobby decision “singles out women and their health care”

July 2, 2014 – Ibis Reproductive Health is dismayed by this week’s US Supreme Court ruling allowing “closely held for profit corporations” to deny coverage of contraception to their employees. We are particularly troubled that the Court, in a 5-4 decision, has decided to...
July 2014

Texas state abortion rate decreases 13 percent since implementation of restrictive law

July 23, 2014 – A new paper from The Texas Policy Evaluation Project demonstrates a 13% decline in the abortion rate in Texas and a sharp reduction in medical abortion since House Bill 2 (HB2) went into effect in November 2013...
June 2014

Supreme Court strikes down abortion clinic buffer zone law

June 26, 2014 – Today, in a unanimous opinion, the Supreme Court struck down a Massachusetts law that established 35-foot buffer zones around entrances to state abortion clinics. The buffer was designed to protect both patients and providers from violence and harassment. We are disappointed...
May 2014

Ibis joins the campaign in support of an International Day of Action for Women’s Health

May 28, 2014 – Today, Ibis joins women’s rights activists around the world in calling for the re-launch of May 28th International Day of Action for Women’s Health. In doing so, we urge governments and the international community to ensure a holistic, inclusive, and human rights-based approach to women’s and girls’ health in the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
April 2014

Ibis cosponsors Boston screening of Roe at Risk: Fighting for Reproductive Justice

April 29, 2014 – Ibis was delighted to join nine other organizations for the Boston premiere of Roe at Risk: Fighting for Reproductive Justice , a documentary describing the recent nationwide attacks on reproductive health and constitutional rights women’s constitutional rights. The...
March 2014

Ibis Associate Amanda Dennis participates in congressional briefing on Title X funding under ACA

March 20, 2014 – Family planning and sexual health advocates, providers, and research experts recently joined together at the Capitol to discuss “The Publicly Funded Family Planning Network: An Essential Partner in the New Health Care Environment.” The Title X family planning...
March 2014

Ibis launches new website: GirlswithNerve.com

In celebration of Purple Day, an international grassroots effort dedicated to increasing awareness about epilepsy worldwide , we are excited to announce the launch of GirlswithNerve.com.
March 2014

Ibis responds to the closure of two more clinics in Texas

March 6, 2014 – Last night, Amy Hagstrom Miller, owner of Whole Woman’s Health , appeared on the Rachel Maddow Show to publicly state that as a direct result of the 2013 restrictions on abortion passed in Texas, Whole Woman’s would have to close two clinics located in the Rio...
February 2014

Ibis research cited in The New Yorker

As restrictions on abortion continue to mount in state and federal legislatures, we were pleased to see Margaret Talbot’s recent comment, “Counting the Numbers,” in February’s Anniversary Issue of The New Yorker .
January 2014

Ibis signs on to NWLC amicus brief in Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties Supreme Court cases

Ibis is excited to join nearly 70 reproductive rights, health and justice organizations in signing on to an amicus brief submitted by the National Women’s Law Center in the consolidated cases Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. and Conestoga Wood Specialties v. Sebelius.