{"id":30562,"date":"2026-08-26T09:56:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T13:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&p=30562"},"modified":"2026-08-26T09:56:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T13:56:31","slug":"sen-ossoff-working-across-the-aisle-to-improve-maternal-health-in-georgia","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-working-across-the-aisle-to-improve-maternal-health-in-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Working Across the Aisle to Improve Maternal Health in Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington, D.C.\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working across the aisle to improve maternal health in Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff is cosponsoring the\u00a0NIH Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE) Act<\/em>\u00a0to provide funding for the National Institutes of Health\u2019s IMPROVE Initiative, which conducts research to prevent maternal mortality and morbidity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0NIH IMPROVE Act<\/em>, introduced by Sens. Katie Britt (R-AL) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), would authorize $73.4 million annually for the NIH IMPROVE initiative for seven years and would ensure consistent resources for ongoing research to reduce preventable causes of maternal deaths and improve health care for women before, during, and after pregnancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe shockingly high maternal mortality rate for women in Georgia is a travesty. It is unacceptable for any mother to suffer or die because she lacks proper care,\u201d Sen. Ossoff said<\/strong>. \u201cI am working to pass this bipartisan bill to reduce maternal deaths and improve health care for women before, during, and after pregnancy.\u201d<\/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

In April, Sen. Ossoff\u00a0cosponsored<\/a>\u00a0the\u00a0Social Determinants for Moms Act<\/em>\u00a0to improve maternal health outcomes and reduce the maternal mortality rate in Georgia and across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last summer, as a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Sen. Ossoff\u00a0worked across the aisle<\/a>\u00a0to secure key provisions in the U.S. Senate Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services and Education funding bill, including restoring staffing for Safe Motherhood and Infant Health programs; increasing funding for implementation of the\u00a0Kira Johnson Act<\/em>, which provides funding for community-based organizations working to advance maternal health; and restoring NIH\u2019s participation in the Safe to Sleep campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In May 2025, Sen. Ossoff\u00a0released<\/a>\u00a0findings from his investigation into the impacts of Georgia\u2019s 6-week abortion ban, in which Georgia OBGYNs revealed they had personally encountered cases in which Georgia\u2019s six-week abortion ban contributed to a health complication or death of the mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last March, Sen. Ossoff and other members of Congress\u00a0demanded<\/a>\u00a0the Trump Administration provide answers on the reported shutdown of a critical Maternal Health data system at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last February, Sen. Ossoff\u00a0introduced<\/a>\u00a0an amendment to protect children\u2019s and maternal health care through Medicaid that Senate Republicans blocked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also in 2024, as Chair of the Senate Human Rights Subcommittee, Sen. Ossoff\u00a0convened<\/a>\u00a0two public hearings at which Georgia women and Georgia OBGYNs testified to the harmful impacts of Georgia\u2019s abortion ban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here<\/a> to read the NIH IMPROVE Act<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Washington, D.C.\u00a0\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working across the aisle to improve maternal health in Georgia. Sen. Ossoff is cosponsoring the\u00a0NIH Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE) Act\u00a0to provide funding for the National Institutes of Health\u2019s IMPROVE Initiative, which conducts research to prevent maternal mortality and morbidity. The\u00a0NIH IMPROVE […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30562","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/30562","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\/74"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/30562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30563,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/30562\/revisions\/30563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}