The most dangerous developed nation in the world for a woman to give birth in is ours.

For a Republican party that rabidly screams how pro-life they are in every single floor speech, they sure have left mothers-to-be at the bottom of their legislative priority list.

What the numbers show is a maternal health care disaster:

• Seven million American women live in counties with limited or no maternity facilities or qualified labor and delivery staff.
• About half of all rural community hospitals did not provide obstetrics care in 2020 and fewer than half of all women in rural areas are able to find perinatal care within 30 miles of their homes.

As we sit and wait to see if an anti-choice federal judge will outlaw the most common abortion medication in the country, MAGA extremists have created a dire situation for rural women where not only is it excessively difficult to access family planning and abortion services, but they also lack access to even basic maternity care.

We're pleased to see President Biden's 2024 budget proposes solid steps to help rural women and slow this downward spiral, but we're not even close to the finish line yet.

As anti-choice extremists escalate their war on women's health, we will continue to fight to make sure our rural communities can get critical reproductive care. One Country Project is putting the pressure on our leaders to pass this budget to keep hospitals solvent, maternity wards open, and stay out of our personal medical choices.

Heidi