Shapiro shares plans for increasing maternal health funding

PITTSBURGH, Pa. (WKBN) – In Pennsylvania alone, there are 82 pregnancy-associated deaths per 100,000 live births. The Shapiro administration wants to change those numbers.

“These are not simply just statistics. These are real people who are loved. Who were loved. These are women who were left back, who left behind families and communities that needed them, and are still grieving from an outcome that is often preventable. We cannot accept the status quo,” said Pennsylvania Second Lady Blayrne Holmes-Davis.

Shapiro wants to increase the budget for maternal morbidity prevention from...