A resolution designating January 23, 2025, as "Maternal Health Awareness Day".

The Senate would designate January 23, 2025 as Maternal Health Awareness Day. The resolution highlights that about 800 women die each year in the U.S. from pregnancy-related complications, that the maternal mortality rate more than quadrupled between 1987 and 2021, and that 83.5% of those deaths are considered preventable. It underscores stark racial disparities — Black women face nearly three times the risk of White women, and American Indian and Alaska Native women more than twice the risk — as well as challenges facing rural communities, where 59% of counties are maternity care deserts. The resolution calls for action to reduce maternal deaths and improve equitable care.