Pittsburgh Focus: Maternal Health Wins — PA MOMNIBUS 2025 Day

Co-Chair Rep. La’Tasha D. Mayes, D-Allegheny, led the day with a news conference celebrating the caucus’s continued efforts and legislative wins.

"We are building on the successes we had in the last legislative session. We're continuing to advocate for policy-based legislative solutions to the way we face maternal health deserts in rural communities and the urban core; we're addressing substance abuse disorder because it's a driver of post-partum death; we're looking to uplift midwifery and center midwives in our fight."

— Rep. La'Tasha D. Mayes, D-Allegheny

"We're standing here today because mothers are still dying when they don't have to. We are driven by the statistic that 93.5% of pregnancy-related deaths are preventable. We are not doing this work in vain; we are lifting up each of those lives that have been lost."

— Rep. Gina H. Curry, D-Delaware

The House Health Committee approved two pieces of legislation in the package: House Bill 1212 (the PA Dads Matter Act) and H.B. 1234, which would expand Medical Assistance programs to cover blood pressure monitors as a pregnancy-related service. H.B. 1088, which would require insurance coverage of blood-pressure monitors, became the first bill in the package to pass the full House of Representatives.

"We’re watching closely the steps being taken at the federal level to cut Medicaid for our communities. We know that will be detrimental to so many of our families. Medicaid covers nearly 41% of all births in the United States, and these draconian cuts would eliminate a lifeline for millions of pregnant women."

— Rep. Morgan Cephas, D-Philadelphia