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Designating September 2026 as National Infant Mortality Awareness Month

Last scannedOct 19, 2026, 2:05 AM

In one sentence

This Senate resolution designates September 2026 as a month to raise awareness about infant deaths and support efforts to reduce them.

Designates September 2026 as National Infant Mortality Awareness Month.
Supports efforts to educate people in the United States about infant mortality and the factors that contribute to it.
Supports efforts to reduce infant deaths, low birth weight, preterm births, and disparities in perinatal outcomes.
Supports efforts to increase access to and encourage early prenatal care.
Recognizes the critical importance of including efforts to reduce infant mortality as part of prevention and wellness strategies.
Calls on the people of the United States to observe the month with appropriate programs and activities.

The people of the United States, who are called upon to observe the designated month.
The U.S. Senate, which formally designates the month and supports related efforts.

This is a Senate resolution, not a law, so it does not create new legal requirements or fund new programs directly.
The resolution expresses support and calls for action but does not mandate specific government spending or policy changes.
The bill is currently referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and has not yet been enacted into law.

Plain language

Infant mortality: The death of a baby before the first birthday of the baby.
Maternity care desert: An area with no access to birthing hospitals, birth centers offering obstetric care, or obstetric providers.
Prenatal care: Health care received by a person during pregnancy.

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2026-10-15Under authority of the order of the Senate of September 30, 2026, ordered referred to the Committee on The Judiciary.Senate