APTR and 58 national organizations support the bipartisan letter urging the highest possible funding in Fiscal Year 2023 for federal programs at HRSA, CDC, and NIH to improve maternal health and eliminate inequities in maternal health outcomes. More women die from pregnancy-related complications in the United States than in any other developed country, and the rate of maternal deaths continues to rise. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 700 pregnancy-related deaths occur in the U.S. each year and 60 percent of these deaths are preventable. Major disparities in maternal mortality exist, with Black women three to four times more likely than non-Hispanic white women to die due to pregnancy-related complications and Indigenous women more than twice as likely than non-Hispanic white women to die due to pregnancy-related complications. The latest data from CDC show a marked increase in maternal deaths during the first year of the pandemic.

Sign-on Letter