SEN. OSSOFF WORKING TO IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH FOR BLACK WOMEN IN GEORGIA

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working to improve maternal health for Black women in Georgia.

Sen. Ossoff is cosponsoring the Social Determinants for Moms Act to improve maternal health outcomes and reduce the maternal mortality rate in Georgia and across the country.

The bill, first introduced by Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), would establish a task force and grant program to help address barriers to maternal health care access and maternal health disparities.

Georgia's maternal mortality rate ranks (https://sph.emory.edu/magazine/2023/spring/fighting-maternal-mortality-crisis) among the worst in the nation, with Black women being nea...