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Senate Health Committee holds first hearing on bill to designate Sept. 19 as Ohio Stillbirth Prevention Day
Summary
House Bill 4, which would add section 5.2471 to the Ohio Revised Code to designate Sept. 19 as Ohio Stillbirth Prevention Day, received a first hearing before the Senate Health Committee. Sponsors said the measure aims to target resources to pregnant people at higher risk and elevate awareness about racial disparities in stillbirth rates.
The Ohio Senate Health Committee held a first hearing on House Bill 4, a measure to enact Section 5.2471 of the Ohio Revised Code to designate Sept. 19 as Ohio Stillbirth Prevention Day. Sponsors and proponents told the committee the awareness day is intended to target existing health-care resources to pregnant people most at risk and to elevate public attention on racial and socioeconomic disparities in stillbirth.
Representative Holmes introduced the bill to the committee and said the House previously approved the measure. Holmes told the committee the day would “help target existing health care resources to those that are most in need, pregnant mothers and…
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