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Statement

U.S. House Passage of TRIUMPH for New Moms Act a Significant Step to Support Maternal Mental Health

June 23, 2022
Maternal Mortality

Lisa Lederer, 202/371-1996

Statement of Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Executive Director and CEO of MomsRising, the online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, on passage by the U.S. House of Representatives of the TRIUMPH (Taskforce Recommending Improvements for Unaddressed Mental Perinatal & Postpartum Health) for New Moms Act:

“The U.S. House of Representatives took a significant step to support maternal mental health in this country by passing the TRIUMPH for New Moms Act last night. At this time when up to one in five pregnant and postpartum mothers suffer from a maternal mental health disorder such as depression or anxiety, and the pandemic has exacerbated this crisis, we need the national task force this law would create to streamline existing programs and address maternal mental health and substance use disorders affecting new mothers. 

“It is a national disgrace that the United States is the most dangerous place to give birth among all industrialized countries. The problem is getting worse, not better, and Black and Indigenous women have by far the worst health outcomes. It’s past time for Congress to prioritize the health of new moms, their babies and families. We urge the U.S. Senate to quickly pass the TRIUMPH for New Moms Act, and both chambers to pass the Into the Light Maternal Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders Act, the Moms Matter Act, and the Black Maternal Health Momnibus. There’s no time to waste.”

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.