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Proc 10178ProclamationBiden · DCeremonial

Proclamation 10178

Black Maternal Health Week, 2021

President Biden proclaimed April 11–17, 2021 as Black Maternal Health Week, calling attention to racial disparities in maternal mortality and morbidity where Black women die from pregnancy-related complications at two to three times the rate of other women. The proclamation urges Americans to raise awareness of systemic discrimination in healthcare but does not establish binding policy directives, programs, or agency mandates.

Federal Register Open PDF 86 FR 20023

Impact dates

  1. Black Maternal Health Week begins

Key directives

No discrete directives extracted.

Timeline

Immediate

  • Proclamation of April 11-17, 2021 as Black Maternal Health Week

Near term (90d)

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Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • Proclamation contains aspirational policy language but no enforceable mandates or funding mechanisms; actual impact depends on separate legislative or regulatory action
  • Vague commitments to 'systemic policies' and calls for action by unspecified actors lack concrete implementation pathways
Proclamation 10178: Black Maternal Health Week, 2021 · Executive Orders