Cammack, Kamlager-Dove, and Christina Perri launch bipartisan effort to expand prenatal screening to prevent miscarriages and stillbirths
Press release from Rep. Kat Cammack
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Tuesday, Sept. 9, U.S. Representatives Kat Cammack (R-FL-03) and Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37) will introduce a bipartisan resolution to expand prenatal screening for Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS), a treatable blood clotting disorder linked to miscarriages, stillbirths, and pregnancy complications.
This effort follows the advocacy of multi-platinum recording artist Christina Perri, whose personal experience with pregnancy loss due to undiagnosed APS has driven her mission to ensure families do not endure similar tragedies.
Christina Perri’s Advocacy
Best known for her multi-platinum hit “A Thousand Years” from The Twilight Saga — one of the most popular wedding songs of the last decade — Perri has become a leading voice in expanding prenatal screening. In 2020, she lost her daughter Rosie at 38 weeks and later discovered she had APS. If detected early, the condition can often be managed with simple blood thinners.
About Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS)
- APS is an autoimmune disorder in which antibodies trigger dangerous blood clots.
- During pregnancy, APS can cause miscarriage, stillbirth, and severe complications.
- It affects at least 1 in 2,000 pregnancies but is likely undercounted.
- APS-related pregnancy loss is often preventable with early detection and treatment.
- Current guidelines typically recommend testing only after multiple pregnancy losses.
- The resolution calls for APS screening to become a standard component of prenatal care — an initiative that could save lives, prevent heartbreak, and reduce healthcare costs.
All of this is already available through myriad programs, medicaid and private insurance. Kat, why don’t you vote to release EVERYTHING Epstein related and work to save social security?
This comment is very insensitive. While the testing is available, it is not performed on a standard level. I pray that you or you loved NEVER experience going to a routine prenatal check-up and hearing the words, “I’m sorry, but there’s no heartbeat.” Then, having to go through birthing process, whether natural or caesarean, and not be able to take that baby home. It’s not just the women who suffer this loss, it’s the fathers, siblings, and grandparents of the babies as well.
The testing is usually only available to people who have lost THREE babies already. This legislation is making it so that it is available earlier. Two things can be true at once: We need to save social security and we need to make sure people have access to care that could save them from the tragedy of recurring miscarriages. People should not have to suffer through multiple miscarriages/stillbirths in order to get this test.