By Madison 365 staff, March 10, 2020, for Madison 365
The Black Maternal Health Momnibus includes nine bills to comprehensively improve maternal health outcomes and address racial health disparities
The United States has the worst maternal death rates in the developed world and black women, in particular, are three to four times more likely than white women to die from pregnancy-related complications. To combat that, a historic legislative package to address the United States’ urgent maternal health crisis was introduced today.
U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), helped to introduce Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2020, which is led by Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) and Representatives Lauren Underwood (IL-14) and Alma Adams (NC-12). The legislation will build on existing maternal health legislation by filling gaps through nine new bills to comprehensively address every dimension of the Black maternal health crisis.
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