State Rep. Katie Dempsey, R-Rome, will participate as a state respondent for the National Conference of State Legislaturesâ upcoming webinar on maternal mortality.
The session, scheduled from 2-3 p.m. Friday, is designed for state legislators and their staff to learn more about the issue from experts who have studied it.
Dempsey chairs the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Human Resources.
During the âSaving Moms: Strategies to Reduce Maternal Mortality in the U.S.â webinar, she will share her experience working on maternal mortality legislation in Georgia, including laws she authored and cosponsored.
Other speakers include a national expert who will provide an overview of maternal mortality in the U.S., an NCSL expert who will share recent state legislative trends addressing maternal mortality and a state legislator from New York who will share her work on the topic.