NACPM is proud to support The Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021

The Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act includes 12 bills to end maternal mortality and close racial and ethnic disparities in outcomes.

NACPM is proud to endorse this critical and historic legislative package introduced in Congress in February 2021 by Congresswomen Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) and Alma Adams (D-NC-21), Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), and members of the Black Maternal Health Caucus.  

This Act builds on existing maternal health legislation, such as policies to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage, with 12 bills to comprehensively address every dimension of America’s Maternal health crisis.  It invests in social determinants of health, community-based organizations, the growth and diversification of the perinatal workforce, improvements in data collection, and support for birthing people and their babies exposed to climate change-related risks.  In addition to direct efforts to improve Black maternal health outcomes, the Momnibus Act focuses on high-risk populations, including Native Americans, veterans, incarcerated people, and other birthing people of color.  

“Rarely do we see legislation where the authors have clearly listened to the community, activists and researchers,” said Tanya Khemet Taiwo, CPM-ret, MPH, PhD, President of NACPM.  “This bill goes beyond simplistic solutions that ignore the true origins of maternal mortality and the unconscionable burden borne by Black families and addresses the social determinants of health.”