Support Improved Outcomes for Mothers by supporting the MOMMA's Act H.R. 1897
The Issue
The CDC reports the "United States steadily increased from 7.2 deaths per 100,000 live births in 1987 to 16.9 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2016.
Considerable racial/ethnic disparities in pregnancy-related mortality exist. During 2011–2016, the pregnancy-related mortality ratios were:
42.4 deaths per 100,000 live births for black non-Hispanic women.
30.4 deaths per 100,000 live births for American Indian/Alaskan Native non-Hispanic women.
14.1 deaths per 100,000 live births for Asian/Pacific Islander non-Hispanic women.
13.0 deaths per 100,000 live births for white non-Hispanic women.
11.3 deaths per 100,000 live births for Hispanic women." (CDC, 2020).
An estimated 60% of maternal deaths in the US are preventable.
African American women face 3-4 times the mortality from pregnancy related causes than White, non-Hispanic women.
No formal maternal mortality rates have been provided to international data repositories since 2007.
State reporting of deaths is a semi-voluntary process with no standardization across states, which is a barrier for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to identify causes of maternal death and implement best practices for prevention.
Hospitals and health systems do not have a standardized emergency response and pregnant or post-partum women may not receive optimal care by physicians.
Women of all races and ethnicities are affected by maternal mortality in the US, but African American women are at greatest risk. We live in the richest nation in the world, yet 60% of our maternal deaths each year are preventable. These numbers are unacceptable.
The Mothers and Offspring Mortality and Morbidity Awareness Act (MOMMA's Act), H.R. 1897 seeks to raise awareness to these issues and reduce the ever-rising mortality rate of American mothers by improving federal efforts to maternal care by authorizing technical assistance for States, providing health care grants for the fight against maternal mortality, extending Medicare and CHIP coverage for women, providing supplemental nutrition programs for women, infants, and children, establishing Regional Centers of Excellence in the fight against implicit bias and cultural competency, requiring oral health care services add ons to coverage, addition of evidence-based maternal safety bundles, and higher taxes on tobacco products.
If you or anyone you know have ever experienced the grief associated with maternal morbidity and/or mortality, please take the time to sign this petition. If you have not experienced it, please take the time to educate yourself on the seriousness of this issue and sign the petition to your Representative to support the passing of H.R. 1897 through the House of Representatives to protect our nation's most vulnerable population. Each of the 11 Virginia Representatives will receive the petition for support of this bill.
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The Issue
The CDC reports the "United States steadily increased from 7.2 deaths per 100,000 live births in 1987 to 16.9 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2016.
Considerable racial/ethnic disparities in pregnancy-related mortality exist. During 2011–2016, the pregnancy-related mortality ratios were:
42.4 deaths per 100,000 live births for black non-Hispanic women.
30.4 deaths per 100,000 live births for American Indian/Alaskan Native non-Hispanic women.
14.1 deaths per 100,000 live births for Asian/Pacific Islander non-Hispanic women.
13.0 deaths per 100,000 live births for white non-Hispanic women.
11.3 deaths per 100,000 live births for Hispanic women." (CDC, 2020).
An estimated 60% of maternal deaths in the US are preventable.
African American women face 3-4 times the mortality from pregnancy related causes than White, non-Hispanic women.
No formal maternal mortality rates have been provided to international data repositories since 2007.
State reporting of deaths is a semi-voluntary process with no standardization across states, which is a barrier for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to identify causes of maternal death and implement best practices for prevention.
Hospitals and health systems do not have a standardized emergency response and pregnant or post-partum women may not receive optimal care by physicians.
Women of all races and ethnicities are affected by maternal mortality in the US, but African American women are at greatest risk. We live in the richest nation in the world, yet 60% of our maternal deaths each year are preventable. These numbers are unacceptable.
The Mothers and Offspring Mortality and Morbidity Awareness Act (MOMMA's Act), H.R. 1897 seeks to raise awareness to these issues and reduce the ever-rising mortality rate of American mothers by improving federal efforts to maternal care by authorizing technical assistance for States, providing health care grants for the fight against maternal mortality, extending Medicare and CHIP coverage for women, providing supplemental nutrition programs for women, infants, and children, establishing Regional Centers of Excellence in the fight against implicit bias and cultural competency, requiring oral health care services add ons to coverage, addition of evidence-based maternal safety bundles, and higher taxes on tobacco products.
If you or anyone you know have ever experienced the grief associated with maternal morbidity and/or mortality, please take the time to sign this petition. If you have not experienced it, please take the time to educate yourself on the seriousness of this issue and sign the petition to your Representative to support the passing of H.R. 1897 through the House of Representatives to protect our nation's most vulnerable population. Each of the 11 Virginia Representatives will receive the petition for support of this bill.
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Petition created on March 25, 2020