{"id":26886,"date":"2025-03-25T10:17:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T14:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&p=26886"},"modified":"2025-03-25T10:17:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T14:17:30","slug":"sen-ossoff-demanding-answers-from-the-trump-administration-on-abrupt-shutdown-of-cdcs-maternal-health-monitoring-system","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-demanding-answers-from-the-trump-administration-on-abrupt-shutdown-of-cdcs-maternal-health-monitoring-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Demanding Answers from the Trump Administration on Abrupt Shutdown of CDC\u2019s Maternal Health Monitoring System"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington D.C. \u2013 <\/strong>Amid continued attacks to the CDC by the Trump Administration, U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is fighting to protect maternal health in Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff and other members of Congress are demanding the Trump Administration provide answers on the reported shutdown<\/a>of a critical Maternal Health data system at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group is asking CDC Acting Director Susan Monarez why the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) has ceased operations, leaving states, researchers and medical providers without vital public health data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs a vital initiative jointly operated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and several state, territorial, and local health departments, PRAMS plays a crucial role in collecting data to improve maternal and infant health outcomes, representing over 80 percent of all U.S. live births,\u201d Sen. Ossoff and the group wrote.<\/strong> \u201cThis information is of increasing importance as the U.S. is experiencing a maternal health crisis: it has one of the highest maternal mortality rates among high-income nations, increasing rates of complications from pregnancy or childbirth, and persistent disparities in such outcomes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PRAMS\u2019 abrupt shutdown comes amid a worsening maternal health crisis in Georgia, which has already one of the highest maternal mortality<\/a> rates<\/a> in the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Georgia has one of the strictest<\/a> abortion bans in the country, putting women, mothers, and infants at risk<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff continues working to support the health and safety of Georgia mothers and children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, Sen. Ossoff, alongside Sen. Warnock, urged<\/a> the Trump Administration to reverse course on recent decisions to indiscriminately fire critical public health employees at the CDC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last month, Sen. Ossoff blasted<\/a> President Trump\u2019s mass firings at the CDC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, as Chair of the Senate Human Rights Subcommittee, Sen. Ossoff convened two public hearings at which Georgia women and Georgia OBGYNs testified to the harmful impacts of Georgia\u2019s abortion ban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In July, OB-GYN doctors testified<\/a> that women in Georgia are being denied care during miscarriages and gone into sepsis because of Georgian\u2019s abortion ban, which they testified has hindered OGBYNs\u2019 ability to do their jobs and could put them at risk of prosecution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In September, two patients and an OBGYN testified<\/a> in Atlanta that the State\u2019s abortion ban is forcing Georgia women to continue high-risk and nonviable pregnancies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click aqu\u00ed<\/a> to read the group\u2019s letter to the CDC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Washington D.C. \u2013 Amid continued attacks to the CDC by the Trump Administration, U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is fighting to protect maternal health in Georgia. Sen. Ossoff and other members of Congress are demanding the Trump Administration provide answers on the reported shutdownof a critical Maternal Health data system at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26886","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/26886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/26886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26888,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/26886\/revisions\/26888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}