America has a problem -- it has the highest maternal mortality rate of all industrialized nations. Yet the majority of maternal and infant deaths in the U.S. are preventable. Author and Journalist Elaine Welteroth launched birthFUND in April 2024, with a mission to safeguard births through midwifery care, and to uncover more resources to help save our mothers, especially now when more of us are being forced into a broken maternal health-care system due to a rollback in reproductive rights. In this fireside chat, Elaine will discuss how we approach this issue, together, head on.