"Maternal mortality in the U.S. remains the highest in the developed world. Women of color die at disproportionately higher levels due to a lack of access and standardization of care, bias, and racism. 54% of U.S counties offer zero maternity care as @RoniNYTimes reports."Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Lucille Roybal-Allard:
"We must expand @MedicaidGov for childbirth coverage up to 1 year postpartum in EVERY state. Training midwives is a solution to this problem. Congress must ACT and pass the Midwives for Moms Bill and the Babies Act, now. nytimes.com/2022/02/23/hea"Read on Twitter
"As lawmakers it is our duty and obligation to ensure the children of our nation have a chance for a better future. We must stop neglecting the children who remainimpoverished and suffer from hunger, whose basic needs are repeatedly unmet.#ChildTaxCredit"Read on Twitter
"My prayers and the prayers of the world are with the Ukrainian people. This attack is unacceptable, unjustified and unprovoked. President Putin is solely responsible for the pain and bloodshed this invasion will inflict upon the Ukrainian and Russian people. Stop this war, now."Read on Twitter
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