Progress for Women
Washington, DC – Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on America's alarming maternal mortality rate and legislation designed to address this growing crisis. The Subcommittee examined four bills, including Congresswoman Kelly's MOMMA's Act.
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-IL), Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) and Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) sent a letter to Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella. The letter requested clarifying information about Microsoft's decision to eliminate forced arbitration in sexual harassment cases.
Next week, Congresswomen Robin Kelly will announce the release of the first-ever report on Black Women and Girls in America, in conjunction with her co-chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls, Congresswoman Yvette Clarke and Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman.
Chicago, IL – This week, Congresswoman Robin Kelly convened a non-partisan Congressional Maternal Health Field Inquiry, in collaboration with Advocate Children's Hospital, to shine an urgent light on the rising rate of American mothers dying from pregnancy and childbirth. The inquiry's findings will contribute to larger federal reporting and fact-finding efforts to craft a national response to America's shocking and growing maternal morality rate.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Robin Kelly has introduced H.R. 4387, the Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act (MHQIA), aimed at reducing the alarming rate of maternal deaths in America and saving mothers' lives.
In the United States, there is an estimated 700 pregnancy-related deaths per year and 60 percent of these are considered preventable. The crisis is most severe for Black mothers in America, who are dying at 3 to 4 times the rate of their white counterparts.
Congresswoman Robin Kelly, a leading health advocate in the U.S. House of Representatives, released this statement of the President Trump's dangerous ‘Domestic Gag Rule' that threatens the healthcare of millions of Americans:
"Today's decision by the Trump Administration is dangerous and unconstitutional. All Americans have a right to access reproductive healthcare and health information without government interference.
Matteson, IL – In advance on the second 2020 Democratic Presidential Debate, SELF magazine asked all of the 2020 Presidential candidates about their plans to tackle America's growing maternal mortality crisis. To answer the question, former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper cited the MOMMA's Act, introduced by Congresswoman Robin Kelly.
Congresswoman Robin Kelly will host a Black Women and Girls forum to address the epidemic of missing women and girls in the Chicago area.
The free interactive forum, "My Sister's Keeper," will take place Saturday, March 21, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Chicagoland Christian Center (929 E. 103rd Street, Chicago).
Co-chaired and co-founded by Congresswoman Kelly, the Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls specifically addresses the needs of black women and girls, their families and their communities.
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Robin Kelly hosted a packed Congressional briefing on maternal health and mortality because American women are more likely to die from childbirth or childbirth complication than women in any other developed nation.
"In 2017, starting or growing your family shouldn't mean putting your life at risk," said Congresswoman Robin Kelly.
The event consisted of comments from families who've lost a loved one following childbirth.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) led the reintroduction of the Access to Birth Control Act. The legislation would guarantee patients’ timely access to birth control, both prescribed and over the counter, at pharmacies nationwide. In April, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced companion legislation in the Senate.