Washington, April 28 -- Congresswoman Gwen Moore issued the following press release:
This April, during Sexual Violence Awareness Month, Representative Gwen Moore (D-WI-04), Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), Debbie Dingell (D-MI-06), Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14), and Alma Adams, PhD (D-NC-12) introduced the Protect Moms from Domestic Violence Act. This bipartisan and bicameral legislation supports research to understand how intimate partner violence (IPV) affects maternal mortality and provide policy proposals to help save lives. The bill also would fund $15 million in grants to programs that improve maternal and child health outcomes of survivors of domestic and sexual...