Tell Congress: Support Black Maternal Health In The Build Back Better Act
In the United States, Black moms are dying at 3 to 4 times the rate of white moms.
To address the maternal health crisis, the Build Back Better Act includes historic investments in improving maternal health and addressing the enormous and unjust health disparities faced by Black women before, during, and after pregnancy. It also includes important investments in community-based programs and identification of climate risk zones for pregnant and postpartum people. These maternal health provisions would help to address the inequitable birth outcomes that we are seeing in our country.
Tell your members of Congress to support Black maternal health by supporting the Build Back Better Act.
Subject: Support the Black maternal health provisions in the Build Back Better Act
I am a parent concerned about climate change, and the impact the climate crisis is having on mothers' and children's health. I urge you to support Black maternal health by supporting the Build Back Better Act. It's a crisis that moms are dying at the highest rate in the developed world. And the crisis is even more severe for Black mothers, who are dying at 3 to 4 times the rate of white moms. We must do better.
The Build Back Better Act includes provisions that address different aspects of the Black maternal health crisis. One critical component of the legislation is focused on mitigating the impacts from climate change on moms and babies. This provision invests in community-based programs and calls for the identification of climate risk zones for pregnant and postpartum people.
You have the opportunity to directly impact the Black maternal health crisis and the effects of climate change on Black communities. I urge you to support Black maternal health by supporting the Build Back Better Act.
Thank you,
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