Progress for Women
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Kelly and Bob Latta (R-Ohio) reintroduced the bipartisan Supporting Best Practices for Healthy Moms Act, aimed at reducing maternal deaths in the United States.
The Act would help improve health outcomes for pregnant women enrolled in Medicaid by establishing best practices for maternal care providers, and increasing information and resources to better monitor and treat at-risk pregnancies.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswomen Robin Kelly (IL-02), Barbara Lee (CA-13) and Diana DeGette (CO-01) today led 35 of their House colleagues in a letter to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, asking the administration to establish a White House Office of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Wellbeing (OSRHW) under the Domestic Policy Council.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — H. R. 3226, the “Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early (PREEMIE) Reauthorization Act of 2023,” or the PREEMIE Act, legislation to improve pregnancy outcomes and infant health by continuing research and education programs aimed at preventing preterm births passed the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation was introduced by U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Today, Congresswomen Robin Kelly (D-IL) and Young Kim (R-CA), co-chairs of the bipartisan Maternity Care Caucus, applauded new CMS efforts to improve maternal health and birth outcomes for pregnant and postpartum women and their infants through the new Transforming Maternal Health (TMaH) Model
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Today, Congresswomen Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Co-Chairs of the Caucus on Black Women and Girls, and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced the bipartisan Protect Black Women and Girls Act.
WASHINGTON, DC– This week, Congresswomen Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Co-Chairs of the Caucus on Black Women and Girls, and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced the bipartisan Protect Black Women and Girls Act.
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Robin Kelly (IL-02) and Young Kim (CA-40), who serve as co-chairs of the Maternity Care Caucus, introduced a bipartisan resolution to designate May 5-11, 2024 as “Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week” to raise awareness about maternal mental health and its effects on maternal-child health.
The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was a gut punch to people across the country. For the first time in almost 50 years, abortion is no longer a constitutionally protected right. Accessing safe and legal abortions will be more challenging than ever, and for many, especially young, low-income women and people of color, those challenges will prove insurmountable. We should do everything we can to keep Illinois a place of refuge for Midwesterners in need of abortion care.
Please join Congresswoman Robin Kelly and three Black women CEO's who are leading the efforts in Chicago to help women enter and sustain their place in the workforce for a virtual Women's History Month Event as we discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic recession on working women!
Monday, March 8, 2021, 5:30PM-7:00PM(CST)
Please click here to register in advance for this webinar.