Supporting the ideals of Bump Day, a global advocacy day for maternal health, and reaffirming United States leadership to end preventable maternal deaths in the United States and globally.

celebrates Bump Day’s goal of helping to raise awareness about the need for improved maternal health care in the United States and globally, and of ending all preventable maternal deaths;

recognizes the critical role of health workers, including obstetricians, midwives, mental health providers, and doulas in achieving safe, healthy pregnancies and deliveries in the United States and globally;

recognizes the benefits of evidence-based group prenatal and postpartum care approaches;

recognizes the role of fathers and other partners in supporting healthy pregnancies and safe births, as well as initiation and success of breastfeeding; and

reaffirms continued leadership by the United States to combat preventable maternal deaths in the United States and globally.