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Local View: Preventing Maternal Deaths Act will help save lives

By Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler
Published: February 17, 2019, 6:01am

Charles Johnson lives by the motto: “Wake up, make Mommy proud, repeat.” As a single father of two boys, Charles strives to honor his late wife by raising awareness of a health crisis facing our nation: maternal mortality. Charles’ wife, Kira, died hours after giving birth to a healthy baby.

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