Safe Passages Act of 2025
House Bill Would Dedicate $400M Yearly to Cut Global Maternal and Child Deaths Through 2030
Legislative Progress
Key Points
- Creates a State Department-run global program to lower mother and baby deaths in poorer countries by training local health workers and improving basic emergency care.
- Sets aside at least $400 million each year (through 2030) from existing global health funding to support these efforts, with regular reports to Congress.
- Targets major, treatable pregnancy and newborn dangers like heavy bleeding after birth, high blood pressure in pregnancy, infections, blocked labor, and newborn breathing problems.
- Directs funding toward local faith-based providers and community partnerships, aiming for practical upgrades like transport/referral systems, labs, antibiotics, and blood transfusion support.
- Bars the money from being used for abortion or abortion-related services and promotes “natural” fertility awareness methods and father involvement.
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Milestones
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Introduced in House
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
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Congressional Bill
Official Title
Safe Passages Act of 2025
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