U.S. Senator Katie Britt is pushing bipartisan legislation aimed at improving maternal health care, saying Alabama and the nation should not accept preventable pregnancy-related deaths as a reality in 2025.

Britt recently reintroduced the NIH IMPROVE Act, which would secure consistent federal funding for research on maternal care and mortality.

The measure would authorize more than $73 million a year for seven years to strengthen scientific research into the root causes of the maternal mortality crisis.

Britt says the federal government must prioritize mothers’ health before, during, and after pregnancy.

“I’m proud to fight for moms and women across Alabama and America. This bipartisan legislation will support targeted funding for critical research to improve health outcomes for women

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