Below are the news articles and reports that caught our eye in the month of August.
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Mom Congress announces the bi-partisan legislation it is calling on Congress to pass; delegates will travel to DC next month to push Congress to prioritize support for mothers.
Washington, D.C. – August 24, 2023
Today, Mom Congress announced the bills included in its 2023 Moms’ Agenda - a series of bills to address the urgent challenges mothers face because of woefully inadequate infrastructure to support pregnancy, birth, and early parenting in the U.S. These priorities are even more important than ever post the overturn of Roe v. Wade which reduced a woman’s choice about whether to have a baby.
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Below are the news articles and reports that caught our eye in the month of July.
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Below are the news articles and reports that caught our eye in the month of June.
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Below are the news articles and reports that caught our eye in the month of May.
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Below are the news articles and reports that caught our eye in the month of April. With formula shortages, investments in paid family medical leave, and The Black Mamas Matter Alliance virtual rally launch "Black Mamas Matter: In Policy and Practice,” below we’ve included a few great reads aligned to our policy priorities.
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The Black Mamas Matter Alliance held a virtual rally to launch "Black Mamas Matter: In Policy and Practice,” Black Mamas Matter Alliance’s (BMMA) new policy agenda last week. This policy agenda articulates BMMA’s organizational stance and specific policy recommendations on a range of Black Maternal Health policy issues, including:
Structural and Social Determinants of Black Maternal Health
Full Spectrum Maternal, Sexual, and Reproductive Healthcare
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Below are the news articles and reports that caught our eye this month. Childcare continues to be an ongoing issue impacting mothers and families all over the world. The childcare crisis hurts families in a variety of ways. If parents do not have childcare, parents cannot work. This is why we must build a better childcare system.
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We highlighted five bills during the Mom Congress’ 2022 Convention. Read below for an update on the status of each bill:
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Mom Congress is thrilled to announce the passage of five pieces of our supported legislation in 2022. Thank you to all Mom Congress Member Advocates for your efforts to get these bills (listed below) signed into law.
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With the 2022 midterm elections behind us, Congress is split, with Republicans taking control of the House of Representatives with a slim majority and Democrats retaining their razor-thin majority in the Senate. Newly elected officials will take office in January.
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The latest report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), unveiled at the Mom Congress congressional briefing titled “Saving and Supporting Moms” on Tuesday, September 20th, highlights the ongoing maternal health crisis in the United States.
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This month’s What We Are Reading articles highlight that mothers aren’t crazy –it’s not us but U.S. policies (or lack thereof) that continue to fail in providing infrastructure that so many other critical societal roles have (police, airline workers, teachers, and more).
But don’t let these articles throw you into a slump. Instead, it’s time to get fired up and help to build the Mom Congress movement so our voice is strong enough to be heard and tended to in 2023. After reading these articles, invite a couple of friends to read them, and direct them to the membership page –it’s time we grow, and grow loudly.
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On the heels of much-needed recognition through postpartum Medicaid extension that the first year of the postpartum period is critical to supporting maternal health, the U.S. still remains one of only a handful of developed countries that doesn’t provide federal paid family leave after the birth of a baby or provide childcare.
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