Ibis-led project, #FreeThePill, has been nominated for a Webby Award! 🎉💖 We have been researching, educating, collaborating, and advocating for an over-the-counter (OTC) daily birth control pill in the United States for 20+ years. Your vote TODAY helps us amplify our work 🔗 https://wbby.co/58958N#FreeThePill🔗

Ibis-led project, #FreeThePill, has been nominated for a Webby Award! 🎉💖 For 20+ years, we have been researching, educating, and advocating for an over-the-counter (OTC) daily birth control pill in the United States. And now, we need your vote! Help us to amplify our work 🔗 https://wbby.co/58958N

We're excited to introduce our new Research Manager on the MORE Study team, Thea Bourdeau! Please join us in welcoming her to Ibis. We're so thrilled to be working with you, Thea. #BeAnIbis www.ibisreproductive...

This Thursday, the 8th Human Rights Festival, hosted by Constitution Hill and its partners, Gauteng Department of Economic Development, the National Heritage Council, and the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency. #HRF2026 #IbisDrivesChange

Women's History Month is an opportunity to recognize something we often overlook: the researchers, clinicians, and advocates whose work built the foundation of modern reproductive healthcare.

📢 Webinar Alert! Our Associate Project Director, Jewelle Methazia, will be joining an upcoming @ACORCA webinar. She’ll be presenting: “Examining unplanned pregnancy and abortion among adolescent girls aged 12–17 in South Africa.”

Mifepristone, a pill used in medication abortions, is exceedingly safe, effective, and has the backing of countless high-quality studies and actual scientific experts. Mifepristone gives us the freedom to make the best decisions for our lives and our health.

The state of Louisiana is suing the FDA to undo its policy allowing mifepristone to be dispensed via telehealth. Read @natasharoy.bsky.social on how this ongoing case could upend critical telehealth abortion care nationwide:

Today is Abortion Provider Appreciation Day. 💛 Today we celebrate abortion providers — the people who show up every day with compassion, courage, and creativity to care for their communities. #CelebrateAbortionProviders

We celebrate abortion in all its forms. No matter where, when, how, or why, abortion care is our right. We #CelebrateAbortionProviders who make that right a reality. Read our love letter, from Ibis researchers to abortion providers, here ➡️ medium.com/@IbisRH/a-lo...

🧵Today is International Women’s Day, a globally recognised day honouring the achievements and contributions of women. This year’s theme, “Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls”, is a reminder that gender equality MUST extend to every woman and girl, everywhere. #DrivingChange #IWD2026

When we talk openly about periods, advocate for access to menstrual products, and challenge harmful myths, we create a culture where menstruation is treated with care instead of shame. 🩸✨ 🎨: kaikathleenn #periodpositive #menstruation #menstrualcycle

Inclusive sexual health care means disability-informed care. This #DevelopmentalDisabilityAwarenessMonth, explore @thencsh.bsky.social's new disability-informed care guide, a framework for providing respectful, accessible, and person-centered care: bit.ly/DisabilityInformedCare #Disability

You shouldn't have to be pregnant if you don't want to be. And that shouldn't be controversial.

“These service members deserve their day in court, and the public deserves to know what is driving the ban." - NCLR Legal Director @shannonminter5.bsky.social

Late last year I covered the case of QueerDoc, a small, telehealth gender-affirming care practice that received a subpoena from Trump's DOJ. The subpoena was blocked by a federal judge, but the DOJ appealed, and the 9th Circuit is hearing oral arguments today.

The political attacks on mifepristone do not disprove the SCIENCE. Medication abortion is safe, effective, and important for patient-centered abortion care. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

When it comes to fighting for your freedom to make your own decisions for you and your family’s future, we’ll never back down 🥊 Cuando se trata de luchar por la libertad de tomar tus propias decisiones, para ti y para el futuro de tu familia, nunca vamos a echarnos para atrás 🥊

This year, we’re joining the global call to demand equal rights and real justice for every woman and girl. No exceptions. No delays. #IWD2026 #RightsJusticeAction #DrivingChange

Ibis President, Kelly Blanchard, reflects on the work that gives her purpose in chaotic & challenging moments and her gratitude for colleagues & partners whose research demonstrates how #IbisDrivesChange ⬇️ medium.com/@IbisRH/prep...

🔔New research from #FreeThePill: Lessons learned from the movement behind the first over-the-counter daily birth control pill in the United States and recommended strategies for implementing full insurance coverage ⬇️ www.ibisreproductivehealth.org/publications...

New research confirms what advocates and providers have long warned: abortion restrictions harm patient health far beyond abortion care. Read more: news.ohsu.edu/2026/01/09/s...

BREAKING: The US government is expected to expand the global gag rule later today, blocking funding for organisations that promote diversity, equity and inclusion #DEI and #LGBTQ+ rights – in addition to #abortion. It could affect $30bn in foreign aid. ow.ly/mukO50Y1KMc @cartersherman.bsky.social

New Resource Alert! BMMA’s New Infertility Fact Sheet: Black Maternal Health Statistical Insights examines how these barriers shape infertility care experiences and outcomes for Black women and birthing people. Full fact sheet in our bio under “Literature”.

Unconscionable. Trump's admin is expected to announce an unprecedented expansion of the Global Gag Rule, which blocks foreign orgs that receive U.S. funds from providing or referring abortion care in their countries—even if it's lawful & supported entirely with non-U.S. funds.

Dr. Aisha Mays of @dreamyouthclinic.bsky.social announced a new mobile clinic for sex trafficking victims that will offer free STI screenings, pregnancy tests, birth control, menstrual products, fentanyl test strips and more

Medication abortion is a crucial lifeline for millions navigating the hostile post-Roe abortion landscape. Limiting mifepristone access endangers IPV survivors by keeping them bound to abusers through pregnancy and forced parenthood. @medpagetoday.com bit.ly/4bak8e9 @darakass.com @spsaki.bsky.social

The Trump administration’s latest policy restricting foreign aid builds on harmful actions that deny almost 50 million women & girls contraceptive care each year & undermine years of bipartisan investment in global health & gender equality. Our full statement: https://gu.tt/3M3rLZB #GlobalGagRule

For those who watched the US Senate HELP hearing today, the attacks on settled science & decades of data made one thing clear: the evidence that mife is safe & effective is irrefutable. Anti-abortion extremists can't compete with the robust research disproving their claims.

Another big day medication abortion policy: the Senate’s health panel is set to dive into the debate over the safety of mifepristone (spoiler: it is extremely safe!) But because I simply *cannot* help myself, some quick facts...

❌ Don’t be fooled: Expect anti-abortion politicians at the hearing to stoke fear about women being forced to take mife against their will and cite these rare instances as a reason to ban it. But banning abortion pills won’t protect women or prevent coercion.

Fact check: Real, rigorous #ScienceSays that medication abortion care is highly safe and effective, in both telehealth and in-clinic care models. The evidence is overwhelming: societyfp.org/wp-content/u...

Here are the facts: ✅ Abortion pills have been FDA-approved for over 25 years and are backed by decades of scientific evidence ✅Medication abortion accounts for nearly two-thirds of all abortion care nationwide. ✅ 3 in 5 Americans support access to medication abortion

Today, SCOTUS is hearing oral arguments in two cases about the rights of transgender athletes, Little v. Hecox & West Virginia v. B.P.J. We wrote about the basics of these cases for our blog, and we'll be listening to today's arguments. Get caught up and learn more:

The case before the Supreme Court this morning is about far more than just sports. "It has the potential to produce sweeping consequences—either aiding or devastating trans people’s ability to fight back in court when state laws and school rules discriminate against them."

🧵A new era for reproductive justice in Southern Africa is here! In October 2025, Zimbabwe’s Parliament took a historic step by approving reforms to the Termination of Pregnancy Act of 1977. #HumanRights #AfricaRegion

Want to #BeAnIbis? If you are: ✅Committed to advancing repro health, rights, & justice ✅Experienced collaborating across teams w/ varying work styles ✅A detail-oriented self-starter who is highly organized & able to meet deadlines We want to hear from you! Apply today➡️ibis.bamboohr.com/ca...

📢We’re hiring! If you: ✅Are committed to advancing repro health, rights, & justice ✅Are experienced in managing research design & implementation ✅Have a strong background collaborating across interest-holders We want to hear from you! #BeAnIbis ➡️ ibis.bamboohr.com/ca...

🪩 Ring in the new year with a donation to advance equitable access to sexual and reproductive health care around the world! #IbisDrivesChange and your support will help us to meet the challenges of the moment ➡️ bit.ly/SupportIbis

#IbisDrivesChange all year long & we are so glad you’re here with us! Thank you for your commitment to a more just and equitable future where everyone, no matter where they live or who they are, can access the information and care they need to live healthy, fulfilled lives. bit.ly/2025IBIS

NHeLP + Free the Pill launched a toolkit to help states secure coverage of OTC contraception—no prescription, no cost-sharing. A critical access path amid OBBBA cuts. By Christina Piecora & @freethepill.bsky.social. healthlaw.org/resource/cov...

Two years of making a difference. 📞 The mmoho Sexual and Reproductive Health Helpline has been providing essential support and resources to our community. This isn't just healthcare, it's about equity and access. Read how we're making a real difference:

The US government is actively evading the UN's Universal Periodic Review, a critical process that evaluates each country's human rights record. 🧵/1

According to #WeCount results from last year, 1 out of 4 abortions was provided via telehealth. “All of this legislation will never take away from the fact that women will continue to need abortion care, and continue to get abortion care.” - @ushma.bsky.social

#IbisDrivesChange through our bold, rigorous research and principled partnerships that advance sexual and reproductive autonomy, choices, and health worldwide. Since our founding in 2002, we have seen our unique approach and commitment to equity lead to positive, concrete change. 🧵⬇️

This #GivingTuesday, your donation will drive the rigorous research and principled partnerships necessary to defend and expand access to sexual and reproductive health information and care. 🔗bit.ly/SupportIbis

A recent research survey led by @ibisrh.bsky.social highlights significant barriers 🚧 in accessing preferred contraceptive methods among Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) in the U.S. ⚠️ 37% of respondents were not using their method of choice. Study: buff.ly/FaGHxSw #TeachingTuesday

🔍 Findings from research presented at #ICFP2025 by @IbisRH Associate Project Director, Jewelle Methazia, confirm that young adolescents aged 12-17 in Gauteng are experiencing unplanned pregnancy, with some resorting to unsafe abortion methods.

[💡] Findings presented by Senior Associate Project Director, Chiara Bercu, at #ICFP show that abortion hotlines and other support groups play a critical role in facilitating people’s abortion care experiences in legally restrictive settings. #IbisDrivesChange #AdolescentHealth