It’s been a big week for Iowa advocates working to save babies and mothers.
Sen. Janet Petersen marked the passage of the Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act. Petersen started Healthy Birth Day, Inc., a nonprofit stillbirth prevention organization. The act amends Title V, the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant of the Social Security Act, to clarify that stillbirth prevention activities and research can receive funding.
President Biden is set to sign the bill into law.