Support the “Momnibus” Bill
- Grow the maternal workforce. When small-town maternity wards close for lack of funding, young families move away. These grants help recruit, train, and employ a wider array of maternal care professionals — prioritizing doulas, certified nurse-midwives, and lactation consultants.
- Address maternal health deserts. Too many women in rural Georgia drive an hour or more to reach OB-GYN care or a hospital equipped for childbirth, and our state has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the country. This legislation invests in the high-tech tools, WIC expansion, emergency housing, and mental health support that help moms be moms.
Support the Women’s Health Protection Act
This legislation establishes a nationwide right to provide and receive abortion care. This is a health care issue, and the decision belongs between a woman and her doctor — not politicians.
Close the Research Gap
- Ninety-five percent of clinical trials for drugs and treatment protocols don’t account for how a patient’s sex affects the result. I support requiring any pharmaceutical or medical-device company that receives federal tax credits or FDA fast-tracking to publish fully disaggregated sex data, so we understand how everyone is affected.
- Diseases that kill women at staggering rates — like cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer’s, where women make up two-thirds of patients — have long been under-researched for sex-specific differences. I will support legislation that mandates balanced, 50-50 research.
- Increase funding for women-specific conditions like PCOS, endometriosis, and menopause to support earlier diagnosis and treatment.
