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Jennifer McClellan: “The United States received a D plus preterm birth grade for…”

Featuring: Jennifer McClellan, Democratic | U.S. House Virginia, District 4

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Published November 20, 2025 | Video Starts at 01:59

So on Monday, Prematurity Awareness Day, the March of doms released its 2025 scorecard on the state of maternal health and The United States received a D plus preterm birth grade for the fourth consecutive year in a row. In 2024, 10.4% of babies were born preterm, with the worst rate in the southern region of the United States. That is nearly 380,000 babies who were born prematurely in 2024, or 1 in 10. (01:59–02:08)

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Asserts that the U.S. has consistently received a low grade for preterm births.

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