Legislation
In a nation where the average cost of childbirth is nearly $20,000 and far too many women report financial insecurity as a reason for forgoing prenatal care or considering abortion, these bills represent meaningful progress toward a more just and life-affirming healthcare system.
The Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act addresses out of control birth-related costs and critical gaps in perinatal and postnatal care by preventing health insurance cost-sharing requirements for comprehensive prenatal, childbirth, neonatal, perinatal, and postpartum health care and screenings. It also includes miscarriage care, care for any conditions that were caused or exacerbated by pregnancy, and mental health services for all legal and birth parents.
Bipartisan senate Effort to Make Birth Free
U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) have introduced bipartisan legislation in the U.S. Senate (S.1873).
companion legislation in the house of representatives
U.S. Representatives Jared Golden (D-ME), Young Kim (R-CA), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA), and David Valadao (R-CA) have introduced bipartisan companion legislation in the U.S. House (H.R. 3762).