Ga. Lawmakers Release Recommendations To Reduce State’s High Maternal Mortality Rate

A group of Georgia lawmakers wants to extend how long pregnant women can qualify for Medicaid health coverage. They’re also looking to mandate postmortem exams for women who die while pregnant or within one year of giving birth.

Those are just some of the 19 recommendations made this week made by the Georgia House Study Committee on Maternal Mortality.  

After months of hearings, the group of state lawmakers has released its report on how to reduce Georgia’s maternal death rate, which is one of the highest in the country. The problem disproportionately affects minority populations living in rural parts of the state.