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PRAMS — the only federal source for state-level maternal health data — has effectively stopped existing. No bill. No vote. Congress kept the money. The administration killed the program.
The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System has tracked maternal health data since 1987. Federal funding expires April 2026. Here
The only federal program dedicated to contraception and cancer screening for four million low-income women is being defunded administratively — without a Congressional vote. The new evidence, the clinical cost, and the 16-day countdown.
PRAMS did not fall alone — the entire CDC Division of Reproductive Health was killed the same day. Why this division, why this surveillance system, and why the paperwork keeps moving when the team has not existed for a year.
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