Washington, March 25 -- Representative Sharice Davids issued the following press release:

Today, Representative Sharice Davids (KS-03) and Senator Tina Smith (MN) introduced legislation (https://davids.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/davids.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/data-to-save-moms-119th-1.pdf) to address America's worsening maternal mortality crisis, underscoring their commitment to expanding research and improving maternal health care nationwide. Their Data to Save Moms Act aims to better understand the root causes of this crisis by strengthening data collection on maternal mortality and morbidity.

"The U.S. is falling desperately short on the issue of maternal health, and frankly, it is shameful - but we can't fix a problem we ...