[ [link removed] ]Ayanna Pressley for Congress



I never had the blessing of meeting my paternal grandmother.

My grandma Carrie died in the 1950s giving birth to my father’s youngest
brother, my uncle Jerome, sending my father and his five siblings into a
tailspin that took generations to recover from.

Decades later, the Black maternal morbidity crisis in America is still
killing our loved ones and destabilizing our families.

Maternal health justice is a matter of life and death, and one that is
deeply personal to me. So I was proud to take a step towards making
quality, comprehensive reproductive care a reality for all by
re-introducing the Maximizing Outcomes for Moms through Medicaid
Improvement and Enhancement of Services (MOMMIES) Act alongside Senator
Cory Booker. This legislation would improve maternal health outcomes,
reverse the trend of rising maternal mortality rates, and close
disparities that put Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC)
communities and their kids at greater risk.

[ [link removed] ]We must act now to address this maternal morbidity crisis and make
comprehensive reproductive care a reality for all. Please add your name as
a grassroots co-sponsor of the MOMMIES Act.

ADD YOUR NAME

A safe
pregnancy should be a right, not a privilege, and every person should be
able to experience their pregnancy without worrying if they will survive
delivery or make it to their child’s first birthday.

Maternal health justice is a racial justice issue: Black women are more
than three times as likely to die from pregnancy-related causes as white
women, deepening the pain and trauma felt by Black families. We must take
action to fight for maternal health justice.

Here are just a few of the ways the MOMMIES Act would help combat this
crisis specifically:

* Extending Medicaid coverage for postpartum people to a full year after
giving birth from the current limit of 60 days;
* Ensuring that all pregnant and postpartum people have full Medicaid
coverage;
* Extending the Affordable Care Act’s primary care bump to ensure that
Medicaid beneficiaries have access to primary care providers,
including reproductive health providers; and
* Facilitating increased access to doula support.

With the Supreme Court’s cruel Dobbs decision only exacerbating this
crisis, Congress must pass our bill to promote community-based, holistic
approaches to maternity and postpartum care so that every pregnant person
is treated with the dignity and respect they deserve during and after
their pregnancy.

[ [link removed] ]Maternal health justice is a racial justice issue and a matter of life
and death, and we must make comprehensive, culturally-congruent
reproductive care a reality for all. If you agree, become a co-sponsor of
this critical legislation by adding your name today.

ADD YOUR NAME

Yours in service,

Ayanna





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