,,iv  #aag? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,h4 ,,res4 #ede  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(     
,,repres5tatives  ,july #ba1 #bjba,ms4  
,h\lahan 7= h]self1 ,mr4 ,mc,caul1 ,ms4 
,roybal-,all>d1 & ,ms4 ,h]r]a ,beutl]7  
submitt$ ! foll[+ resolution2 :i* 0     
ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ,en]gy &      
,comm]ce  ,,resolution  ,support+ !     
ideals ( ,bump ,day1 a global advocacy  
day = mat]nal heal?1 & reaffirm+ ,unit$ 
,/ates lead]%ip to end prev5table       
mat]nal dea?s 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates &       
globally4  ,:]eas ,bump ,day1 an annual 
global social m$ia campaign t celebrates
 beautiful bumps & heal?y pregnancies   
:ile rais+ aw>5ess ab\t ! urg5t ne$ =   
bett]1 m accessible1 m respectful1 & m  
responsive mat]nal heal? c>e1 promotes  
heal?y pregnancies1 safe bir?s1 & heal?y
 babies 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates & ar\nd ! _w2 
,:]eas ! ,_w ,heal? ,organization       
e/imates approximately #haj wom5 die f  
prev5table causes relat$ to pregnancy & 
*ildbir? e day ar\nd ! _w2 ,:]eas #a 9  
#e deliv]ies globally happ5s )\t any    

m$ical help2 ,:]eas pregnant wom5 :o d n
 receive pr5atal c>e dur+ pregnancy 9 ! 
,unit$ ,/ates are #c to #d times m      
likely to die f pregnancy-relat$        
complications2 ,:]eas #hj p]c5t ( all   
mat]nal dea?s worldwide are prev5table1 
z are #b_/c ( mat]nal dea?s 9 ! ,unit$  
,/ates2 ,:]eas wom5 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates   
are m likely to die f *ildbir? or       
pregnancy-relat$ complications ?an wom5 
9 all o!r develop$ c\ntries1 & ! ,unit$ 
,/ates is ! only develop$ nation 9 ! _w 
:]e mat]nal mortality is curr5tly       
increas+2 ,:]eas ,black & ,am]ican      
,indian_/,alaska ,native wom5 9 ! ,unit$
 ,/ates are #b to #d times m likely to  
die f pregnancy-relat$ causes comp>$ to 
,:ite wom51 & fur!rmore1 m ?an #ej1jjj  
wom5 a ye> 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates exp]i5ce   
life-?reat5+ pregnancy complications2   
,:]eas risks to moms 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates &
 globally h ris5 ev5 high] due to wid5+ 
gaps 9 mat]nal heal? c>e dur+ !         
,,covid-#ai p&emic1 z well z due to     
s]i\s pregnancy risks associat$ )       

mat]nal ,,covid-#ai infection2 ,:]eas   
prop] preconception managem5t ( *ronic  
conditions su* z diabetes1 hyp]t5sion1 &
 p]iodontal disease c r$uce ! risk (    
s]i\s pregnancy complications = bo? a   
mom & h] baby2 ,:]eas intimate p>tn]    
viol5ce 7,,ipv7 is a lead+ cause (      
mat]nal dea?1 & wom5 are m likely to    
exp]i5ce ,,ipv dur+ pregnancy ?an at any
 o!r "t 9 _! lives2 ,:]eas ,,ipv dur+   
pregnancy & po/p>tum crosses e          
demographic & has be5 exac]bat$ by !    
,,covid-#ai p&emic2 ,:]eas d\la support 
has be5 %[n to improve pregnancy1 bir?1 
& po/p>tum outcomes1 l[] pregnancy- &   
*ildbir?-relat$ co/s by l[]+ rates (    
ces>ean bir?1 epidural ane/hesia1 & o!r 
int]v5tions1 & r$uce ! impact ( racial  
bias on pregnant & po/p>tum wom5 (      
color2 ,:]eas #a 9 #g wom5 9 ! ,unit$   
,/ates exp]i5ce p]9atal mood & anxiety  
disord]s 7,,pmad7 & untreat$ ,p,m,a,ds  
co/ ! ,unit$ ,/ates #ad4b billion       
annually2 ,:]eas inc>c]at$ pregnant &   
po/p>tum wom5 face height5$ risks =     

mat]nal mortality & complications1 z    
well z mat]nal mood disord]s1 & %\ld be 
provid$ ! highe/ /&>d ( c>e2 ,:]eas !   
rate ( mat]nal mortality & morbidity 9  
rural & o!r und]s]v$ areas is           
disproportionately high due to *all5ges 
9 access+ ! compreh5sive1 af=dable1     
quality mat]nal heal? c>e t all moms    
des]ve2 ,:]eas e mom des]ves !          
respectful1 responsive c>e & support %e 
ne$s to deliv] a safe pregnancy1 heal?y 
bir?1 & heal?y future to h]self & h]    
baby2 & ,:]eas ,w$nesday1 ,july #ba1    
#bjba1 & all subsequ5t ?ird ,w$nesdays 9
 ,july w\ld be an appropriate annual day
 = ! celebration ( ,bump ,day3 ,n[1     
!re=e1 be x ,t ,congress-- 7#a7         
celebrates ,bump ,day's goal ( help+ to 
raise aw>5ess ab\t ! ne$ = improv$      
mat]nal heal? c>e 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates &   
globally1 & ( end+ all prev5table       
mat]nal dea?s2  7#b7 recognizes !       
critical role ( heal? work]s1 includ+   
ob/etricians1 midwives1 m5tal heal?     
provid]s1 & d\las 9 a*iev+ safe1 heal?y 

pregnancies & deliv]ies 9 ! ,unit$      
,/ates & globally2  7#c7 recognizes !   
b5efits ( evid5ce-bas$ gr\p pr5atal &   
po/p>tum c>e approa*es2  7#d7 recognizes
 ! role ( fa!rs & o!r p>tn]s 9 support+ 
heal?y pregnancies & safe bir?s1 z well 
z initiation & success ( brea/fe$+2 &   
7#e7 reaffirms cont9u$ lead]%ip by !    
,unit$ ,/ates to combat prev5table      
mat]nal dea?s 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates &       
globally4