End the nation's maternal health crisis.

Lauren continues to advance legislation in order to: End our nation’s maternal health crisis

Commits to legislative action aimed at ending the maternal health crisis.

Healthcare Costs - Underwood for Congress
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secured over $363 million for critical maternal health priorities in the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act for Fiscal Year 2025, including $72 million in “Momnibus” funding based on the Momnibus Act

The press release reports that maternal health funding was included in FY25 appropriations law, indicating continued pursuit of maternal health priorities rather than a new forward-looking promise.

Adams, Underwood Announce Maternal Health Priorities Included in FY25 Appropriations Law
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reintroduced the Momnibus, 14 bills that comprehensively address every driver of maternal mortality, morbidity, and disparities in the United States

Underwood and co-sponsors reintroduced the Momnibus package aimed at ending maternal mortality, morbidity, and disparities.

Underwood, Adams, Booker Reintroduce Momnibus Bills to End America’s Maternal Health Crisis
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the Momnibus is designed to stop them... build on the progress we have made and secure the investments we need to end this crisis

Underwood says the Momnibus is intended to stop preventable maternal deaths and end the maternal health crisis.

Underwood, Adams, Booker Reintroduce Momnibus Bills to End America’s Maternal Health Crisis | Representative Lauren Underwood
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We must pass the Momnibus now.

Underwood says Congress must pass the Momnibus now to address the maternal health crisis.

Adams, Underwood Announce Maternal Health Priorities Included in FY25 Appropriations Law | Representative Lauren Underwood
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Sponsor: Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14] (Introduced 02/08/2021). Official title: "To end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity in the United States and close disparities in maternal health outcomes, and for other purposes." Status on the page shows the bill was introduced in the House and referred to committees.

Underwood introduced a comprehensive maternal-health bill aimed at ending preventable maternal mortality and closing disparities, showing concrete legislative action but not completion of the promise.

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H.R.959 - Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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The release says the Momnibus is "historic legislation to save moms' lives, end racial and ethnic disparities in maternal health outcomes, and achieve maternal health justice." It says the package makes investments in social determinants of health, community-based organizations, the perinatal workforce, and data collection.

Underwood publicly advanced a major legislative package specifically framed as a solution to the maternal health crisis, but it was still only a proposal at this point.

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Underwood, Adams, Booker Unveil the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act to Address America's Maternal Health Crisis | Representative Lauren Underwood
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The press release states the Protecting Moms Who Served Act "passed the House of Representatives with bipartisan support" and was "the first bill in the Momnibus to pass on the floor of the House of Representatives."

A concrete maternal-health bill from Underwood’s agenda advanced through the House, but that is still short of ending the national crisis.

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Underwood’s Bipartisan Legislation to Improve Maternal Health Care for Veterans Passes the House | Representative Lauren Underwood
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The bill page shows: "Latest Action: 11/30/2021 Became Public Law No: 117-69." The enacted summary says the law requires VA maternity care coordination and a GAO report on maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity among pregnant and postpartum veterans.

Underwood’s maternal-health agenda produced one enacted law, but it was a targeted veterans provision rather than a full solution to the nationwide maternal-health crisis.

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S.796 - Protecting Moms Who Served Act of 2021 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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The report says the 2024 maternal mortality rate was 17.9 deaths per 100,000 live births, not significantly lower than 2023. It also says the Black non-Hispanic maternal mortality rate was 44.8, significantly higher than White, Hispanic, and Asian rates.

Federal data show the maternal-health crisis remains unresolved in 2026, so the broad promise to end it has not been fulfilled.

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Maternal Mortality Rates in the United States, 2024
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The release says Underwood, Adams, and Booker reintroduced the Momnibus, "14 bills that comprehensively address every driver of maternal mortality, morbidity, and disparities in the United States," and Underwood said the package would "build on the progress we have made" and "secure the investments we need to end this crisis."

Underwood was still pursuing the same objective in 2026, which indicates the promise remained unfinished rather than fully delivered.

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Underwood, Adams, Booker Reintroduce Momnibus Bills to End America’s Maternal Health Crisis | Representative Lauren Underwood
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The caucus's latest news says that in Fiscal Year 2025, over $9 million was awarded to 11 community-based organizations through HHS's Healthy Families Community-Based Perinatal Health Initiative, over $40 million was awarded through NIH IMPROVE, and nearly $10 million was awarded through HRSA's Maternal Health Research Collaborative.

Underwood's maternal-health coalition was still securing and publicizing federal grant funding in the lookback window, which is concrete progress but not evidence that the national maternal-health crisis was ended.

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Black Maternal Health Caucus |
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Axios reported that the U.S. received a "C" for maternal mental health care in 2026, that no state earned an A, that the parental-support category received an F, and that about one in five U.S. mothers experience maternal mental health conditions that mostly go untreated.

Recent reporting in the lookback window shows maternal-health conditions and support systems remained inadequate, so the broad promise is still unresolved.

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Maternal mental health scores: Colorado gets a "C"
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The Guardian reported that ACOG issued its first official maternal vaccination schedule after CDC/ACIP pregnancy-related guidance was disrupted, with the shift driven by declining maternal vaccine uptake, misinformation, and political interference.

Maternal-health policy remains unsettled enough that the leading OB-GYN group had to issue its own pregnancy vaccination schedule, which is another sign the broader crisis remains unresolved.

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Leading OB-GYN group breaks from CDC on maternal vaccination schedule
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