2018 News & Announcements

November 2018
Over the last 16 years, research from Ibis Reproductive Health has informed policy and practice change and paved the way for innovation in service delivery for abortion and other sexual and reproductive health care. We're proud of our accomplishments (view our "16 highlights from Ibis Reproductive...
October 2018
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Today, Kelly Blanchard, President, released the statement below in response to the Senate’s confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court of the United States. “Like many others across the country, I watched Justice Kavanaugh’s confirmation...
September 2018
Ibis was proud to be a partner of the #MyBodyMyChoice campaign in South Africa, led by Global Health Strategies . The campaign aims to draw attention to the key barriers to safe abortion using social and community media channels. The campaign held a day of action and march in Johannesburg on...
August 2018
Together, Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) , Gynuity Health Projects , and Ibis Reproductive Health are proud to release our forward-looking research agenda focused on self-managed and demedicalized abortion in the United States. Media coverage and research data show a...
July 2018
A new study published by Ibis in BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health shows that a safe-abortion hotline staffed by trained abortion counselors can help women who are more than 12 weeks pregnant to safely self-manage medication abortion. Results suggest that this model has the potential to be as...
July 2018
Metrics for Management , Ibis Reproductive Health, and Ipas have joined forces to launch the Abortion Service Quality (ASQ) Initiative. Launched in April 2018, this three-year project will develop, validate, disseminate, and champion the widespread adoption of a common measure of abortion service...
June 2018
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Kelly Blanchard, President of Ibis, released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s decision on NIFLA v. Becerra : “The Supreme Court’s decision to allow crisis pregnancy centers to deliberately mislead women about abortion and...
April 2018
As Ibis Reproductive Health celebrates International Day for Maternal Health and Rights, we continue to advance the right of women around the world to have access to safe, accessible, and comprehensive maternal and reproductive health care, including the right to safe abortion. We recognize that...
March 2018
Ibis staff were proud to be a part of the 8th African Conference of Sexual and Reproductive Health last month, themed "Woman up: Advancing the sexual health and reproductive rights of girls and women in Africa." Ibis hosted a breakaway session focused on how digital platforms can assist with...
February 2018
A first-of-its-kind study examining US women’s and teen’s interest in over-the-counter (OTC) access to a progestin-only birth control pill (POP) was published in Women’s Health Issues . The survey findings show both teens and adults are interested in using an OTC POP. Key findings...
February 2018
A new study published by Ibis shows that the United States military is below average in its reproductive health coverage when compared to militaries worldwide—reflecting a lack of abortion coverage for servicewomen. Of the countries in the study that provided information about military...
January 2018
A new study conducted in Peru, where abortion is legally restricted, finds that women can safely and effectively self-induce abortion after receiving information from a healthcare provider about how to use the drug misoprostol. Although abortion is common in Peru, few women qualify for legal...
January 2018
In the years before the historic Roe v. Wade decision, women in the United States seeking an abortion faced a perilous path. Safe options for abortion were limited and unsafe procedures resulted in high maternal mortality rates. The tide started to turn in the 1960s, when some states began...