{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://adams.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/adams-lawmakers-recognize-national-stillbirth-prevention-and-awareness", "Adams, Lawmakers Recognize National Stillbirth Prevention and Awareness Day", "2025-09-19", "2025", "2025-09", "Democrat", "House", "NC", "Alma S. Adams", "A000370", "adams.house.gov", "adams", "https://adams.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC\u2014 Today, Representatives Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (D-NC-12) and Ashley Hinson (R-IA-01), alongside Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), introduced a bipartisan, bicameral resolution recognizing September 19 as National Stillbirth Prevention and Awareness Day.\n\nThe resolution highlights the ongoing stillbirth crisis in America and the steps the United States can take to improve stillbirth prevention and awareness. In 2024, the bipartisan Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act\u2014led by Reps. Adams and Hinson in the House and Sens. Merkley and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) in the Senate\u2014was signed into law, representing a critical first step in addressing the stillbirth crisis at the federal level.\n\n\u201cFor too long, stillbirth has been a silent crisis that remains under-discussed, under-researched, and under-funded. Today\u2019s resolution seeks to change that,\u201d said Congresswoman Adams. \u201cI\u2019m proud to introduce the National Stillbirth Prevention and Awareness Day resolution so more families can be given the information and resources they need to prevent stillbirth in their pregnancies. Together, we can bring an end to this public health crisis and better protect the health of our mothers and their children.\u201d\n\n\u201cImproving prenatal education and access to maternal care\u2014especially in rural areas where women may travel over an hour to see a provider\u2014is critical to protecting babies and reducing maternal deaths,\u201d said Congresswoman Hinson. \u201cPassing my Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Act last year was a major step, but more must be done to support expecting moms and prevent stillbirths. I\u2019m proud to reintroduce this resolution recognizing September 19th as National Stillbirth Prevention and Awareness Day and will continue working across the aisle to end the tragedy of stillbirth.\u201d\n\n\u201cNobody should have to experience the immense sorrow of losing a baby,\u201d said Senator Booker. \u201cWe must address the maternal and infant health crisis that continues to result in thousands of families grappling with the unthinkable every year in the United States. This National Stillbirth Prevention Day, we are recommitting ourselves in Congress to raising awareness about stillbirth and ensuring every mom and baby has the care they need so we can save lives.\u201d\n\n\u201cEach year, 21,000 babies are stillborn in the United States, bringing devastation to parents and families. We can and must do more to save babies\u2019 lives and improve pre-natal care. Our resolution raises awareness of stillbirths and emphasizes how federal resources can empower the medical communities\u2019 work on evidence-based practices to prevent these tragedies,\u201d said Senator Grassley.\n\n\u201cA single stillbirth is one too many, and we must do more to reduce the alarming rate of stillbirth, which devastates families and happens at a higher rate to Black, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, American Indian, and Alaska Native women,\u201d said Senator Merkley. \u201cGetting my Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act signed into law was an important first step; and on this National Stillbirth Prevention and Awareness Day, we recommit to doing everything we can to end this dire public health crisis, so no family has to experience the trauma of stillbirth.\u201d\n\nPlacenta, PUSH for Empowered Pregnancy, Reproductive and Placental Research Unit-Yale University, Jace\u2019s Journey, Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Miles\u2019 Mission, American College of Nurse-Midwives, Aaliyah in Action, Start Healing Together, Society for Reproductive Investigation, Mera\u2019s Mission, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Gifts from Liam, March of Dimes, and Return to Zero: HOPE.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:10:29Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://adams.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/adams-lawmakers-recognize-national-stillbirth-prevention-and-awareness"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7488710582256317, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}