; and (3) policies that support and promote affordable, comprehensive, and holistic maternal health care that is free from gender and racial discrimination, regardless of incarceration; and Whereas Black Maternal Health Week was founded in 2018 and led by Black Mamas Matter Alliance, inc. to bring national attention to the maternal and reproductive healthcare crisis in the United States and the importance of reducing maternal mortality and morbidity among Black women and birthing people: Now, therefore, be it