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Two babies are stillborn every day in North Carolina. Senate Bill 909, the Building Understanding of Movement in Pregnancy Act - known as the BUMP Act - is working to change that. The bill is currently moving through the North Carolina General Assembly and would require standardized fetal movement education for all pregnant patients beginning at 28 weeks, same-day clinical evaluation protocols when movement changes, and provider training on stillbirth prevention statewide. It

On April 9, Governor Tony Evers signed the Stillbirth Recognition and Support Act into law with broad bipartisan support. The bill passed the State Assembly unanimously and cleared the Senate 32 to 1. Wisconsin is now one of the first states in the nation to offer a $2,000 income tax credit to families who experience a stillbirth, available for the tax year in which thee loss occurs. Stillbirth costs families far more than grief. Medical expenses, funeral and burial arrangeme

On March 18, 2026, Governor Tony Evers signed legislation extending postpartum Medicaid coverage from 60 days to a full year, and Wisconsin joined 48 other state in making this standard available to low-income families. The Assembly voted 95 to 1 to pass it. That kind of bipartisan support tells you something important: keeping new parents healthy after birth is not a political issue - it is a health issue. Close to half of all pregnancy-related deaths occur in the postpartum