Last month, Gov. Wolf signed into law House Bill 1869, which authorized the creation of a Maternal Mortality Review Committee to determine the case of maternal deaths in Pennsylvania.
Since 1994, the rate of maternal deaths in the state doubled. In Philadelphia alone, 27.9 women per 100,000 live births died from 2010 to 2012. The state considers the increasing maternal mortality as a “serious public health concern.”
Gov. Wolf believes that the committee will be able to help develop prevention mechanism and reduce maternal deaths.
