{"id":"4d5ab087-839c-4367-85cc-5544ce555bac","feedVisibility":"normal","congress":119,"billType":"sres","billNumber":32,"title":"A resolution designating January 23, 2025, as \"Maternal Health Awareness Day\".","displayTitle":"A resolution designating January 23, 2025, as \"Maternal Health Awareness Day\".","abstract":"This resolution designates January 23, 2025, as Maternal Health Awareness Day.","displaySummary":"<p><strong>YVN Summary</strong></p>\n\n<p>The Senate would designate January 23, 2025 as Maternal Health Awareness Day. The resolution highlights that about 800 women die each year in the U.S. from pregnancy-related complications, that the maternal mortality rate more than quadrupled between 1987 and 2021, and that 83.5% of those deaths are considered preventable. It underscores stark racial disparities — Black women face nearly three times the risk of White women, and American Indian and Alaska Native women more than twice the risk — as well as challenges facing rural communities, where 59% of counties are maternity care deserts. The resolution calls for action to reduce maternal deaths and improve equitable care.</p>","status":"COMMITTEE_CONSIDERATION","topics":["HEALTHCARE"],"introducedAt":"2025-01-23T00:00:00+00:00","latestActionAt":"2025-01-23T00:00:00+00:00","congressGovUrl":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-resolution/32","accountabilityFlags":{},"tldr":"Designates January 23 as Maternal Health Awareness Day, spotlighting preventable pregnancy-related deaths and racial disparities in care.","summaryStandard":null,"flagExplainers":{},"flagValence":{},"needsResummary":false,"displaySummaryHtml":null,"rawStatusText":"Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S339-340)","chamber":"SENATE","policyArea":"Health","legislativeSubjects":["Commemorative events and holidays","Congressional tributes","Health care coverage and access","Health programs administration and funding","Health promotion and preventive care","Women's health"],"lawStatus":null,"lawNumber":null,"latestActionText":"Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S339-340)","latestTextVersion":"Introduced in Senate","textVersionUsed":"Introduced in Senate","dateAdded":"2026-04-09T00:00:00+00:00","summarizedAt":"2026-04-09T00:00:00+00:00","recordId":"4d5ab087-839c-4367-85cc-5544ce555bac","feedIdentityKey":"119/sres/32","websiteBillId":"SRES-32","yourvoiceSummary":"The Senate would designate January 23, 2025 as Maternal Health Awareness Day. The resolution highlights that about 800 women die each year in the U.S. from pregnancy-related complications, that the maternal mortality rate more than quadrupled between 1987 and 2021, and that 83.5% of those deaths are considered preventable. It underscores stark racial disparities — Black women face nearly three times the risk of White women, and American Indian and Alaska Native women more than twice the risk — as well as challenges facing rural communities, where 59% of counties are maternity care deserts. The resolution calls for action to reduce maternal deaths and improve equitable care.","updatedAt":"2026-10-25T08:04:50.294064+00:00"}