Bill to reduce maternal deaths heads to Trump

Published December 14, 2018 2:48am ET



The Senate on Thursday passed a bill aimed at reducing deaths during pregnancy and childbirth by unanimous consent, sending the legislation to President Trump to receive his signature before the end of the year.

The Preventing Maternal Deaths Act, which passed the House two days prior to Thursday’s Senate vote, aims to discover more information about the rise in deaths of and injuries occurring in U.S. women during and after childbirth. Every year, 65,000 women have difficult complications during or after childbirth that require extensive medical care, and roughly 900 die from pregnancy or from difficulties they have while giving birth.

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