Want to improve maternal health? This handy voting guide will help you pick the best candidate this November

# Voting Guide Helps Parents Prioritize Maternal Health This Election Season

A new voting tool launches ahead of 2026 elections to help parents connect candidate positions directly to state maternal health data. Chamber of Mothers and Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America partnered to create the free resource, which overlays your state's specific maternal mortality and morbidity statistics alongside each candidate's stance on reproductive healthcare, maternal healthcare access, and related policy positions.

The tool addresses a real gap in how parents approach voting. While many voters care deeply about family health outcomes, they often lack easy access to concrete data about how candidates' positions might affect maternal survival rates, postpartum complications, and healthcare access in their specific state. This guide puts that information in one place.

Maternal health remains a public health crisis in the United States. Black women die from pregnancy-related causes at rates three to four times higher than white women. Rural communities face severe provider shortages. Pregnancy-related deaths have increased overall in recent years, even as other developed nations have reduced their maternal mortality rates. These disparities vary significantly by state and region.

The Chamber of Mothers, a grassroots advocacy group founded by parents frustrated with the state of family policy in America, developed this tool to empower voters during the 2026 election cycle. Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America, which works on evidence-based maternal health solutions, contributed expertise on how to present medical data clearly to general audiences.

Here's how it works. Parents enter their state and find their ballot information. Alongside each candidate's name, the tool displays recent maternal health metrics specific to that state. Users can then compare how candidates answered questions about abortion access, insurance coverage for pregnancy care, support for doula programs, mental health services for pregnant people, and workplace protections for parents.

The resource treats maternal health as a data-driven voting issue rather than an abstract political talking point. When voters see that their state has a maternal mortality rate of 32.9 per 100,000 live births (compared to the national average of 32.4), they can evaluate whether candidates' healthcare proposals address that specific crisis.

Beyond the 2026 general election, the tool serves another purpose. It normalizes the idea that parents should vote with their family's health as a central consideration. Most voter guides focus on economy or crime. This one positions maternal and reproductive health alongside those traditional issues.

Parents interested in using the guide can find it through the Chamber of Mothers website and Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America's resources. The tool works best when accessed on a smartphone so voters can reference it while reviewing sample ballots or heading to vote.

For parents who have experienced pregnancy complications, maternal health disparities, or delayed access to postpartum care, this tool offers concrete data to inform voting decisions. It acknowledges that voting choices directly shape the healthcare infrastructure and policies that affect families across every state and community.