Stand up for Military Moms! TAKE ACTION

Dear Friend,

Earlier this week we celebrated Veterans Day to honor people who served. Today, we not only continue to celebrate our veterans but we are fighting for our moms in the military.

Our military mothers — those who serve and military spouses — have a 2-3 times higher risk than the general population of experiencing a maternal mental health complication. [1]

Let’s honor our military moms by demanding that Congress do something about this awful disparity by supporting the MOMS (Maintaining our Obligation to Moms who Serve) Act.

The MOMS Act would bring evidence-based maternal mental health programs into the military health care system for military service members and their families.

Click now to let your Senators know that they must support the MOMS Act.

We know that serving in the armed forces is challenging, and military moms deserve adequate mental health support. By supporting the MOMS Act, we can show them that we value their service and sacrifices.

Let’s raise our voices to thank military moms for their service by supporting efforts to get more mental health support for them.

The MOMS Act will provide service members and families the support they need to prevent and reduce the symptoms of maternal mental health conditions by:

• Creating a 5-year pilot program administered at military facilities to prevent maternal mental health conditions among pregnant and postpartum uniformed service members and beneficiaries.
• Integrating evidence-based maternal mental health prevention programs within existing maternal or pediatric care or programming.
• Increasing awareness of and encouraging participation in care or programming for pregnant and postpartum service members and beneficiaries.
• Establishing an advisory committee to identify evidence-based perinatal prevention programs, increase participation amongst diverse groups, and help reduce stigma.
• Providing outreach to eligible pregnant and postpartum service members and beneficiaries about the pilot program.[2]

Click here to urge your Senator to include the MOMS Act in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

Together let’s honor our military moms by demanding the mental health care they deserve.

--Gina, Tina, Monifa, and the whole MomsRising.org & MamásConPoder Team

References:
[1] Prevalence of and Efforts to Screen and Treat Mental Health Conditions in Prenatal and Postpartum TRICARE Beneficiaries
[2] Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance one-pager on the MOMS Act

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