Women's Health & Reproductive Freedom

Expand Access to Comprehensive Women's Healthcare

From routine preventive care to reproductive health services to treatment for chronic conditions, women need and deserve access to comprehensive, high-quality care. But too many women — especially those who are uninsured, underinsured, or in underserved communities — face gaps in access.

Fatmata will push to expand county-funded women's health services, support community health clinics that provide full-spectrum women's care, and ensure that cost and coverage are never a barrier to a woman getting the care she needs.

Address Maternal Health Disparities and Improve Outcomes

The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate among developed nations, and the vast majority of these deaths are preventable. Even in a resource-rich county like Montgomery County, gaps in access, delays in care, and disparities in outcomes persist — particularly in postpartum care and for communities facing barriers related to cost, transportation, or language.

Black women in the United States die in childbirth at three to four times the rate of white women. This is a crisis — not a statistic. Behind every number is a family that has lost a mother, a partner, a sister, a daughter. It also reflects a broader failure in our healthcare system, where too many women across all communities face preventable complications, barriers to care, and gaps in support.

Fatmata will fight to expand access to midwifery, doula support, and comprehensive prenatal and postpartum care for women in Montgomery County. She will push for accountability and data transparency from our health care systems, and advocate for the research and training needed to eliminate these deadly disparities.

Support Reproductive Freedom and Healthcare Access

Reproductive freedom — the ability to make decisions about one's own body, family, and future — is fundamental. As reproductive rights come under attack across the country, Fatmata will ensure that Montgomery County remains a place where women's reproductive healthcare is protected, accessible, and free from political interference.

She will work to ensure county programs and facilities provide or connect women to the full range of reproductive health services, and that residents have access to accurate information about their rights and options.

Fibroids, Endometriosis, and Chronic Conditions

Fatmata has experienced fibroids firsthand — a condition that affects an estimated 70-80% of women by age 50, with Black women disproportionately affected and more likely to experience severe symptoms. Conditions like fibroids and endometriosis impact millions of women across all backgrounds, yet are too often underdiagnosed, underfunded, and dismissed by providers.

She will advocate for greater awareness, research funding, and care quality for conditions that disproportionately affect women — ensuring that women are believed, taken seriously, and given the information and treatment options they deserve.

Strengthen Culturally Competent Care for All Women

Montgomery County is home to women of dozens of nationalities, cultures, and linguistic backgrounds. Care that doesn't account for cultural context, language, and lived experience is care that falls short. Fatmata will push for expanded language access services, culturally competent provider training, and outreach to communities that are too often left out of the health care system.

Why This Matters for Montgomery County

When women are healthy, families are healthier. When mothers thrive, children thrive. When women have access to the full range of health services they need, communities are stronger. Women's health is not a women's issue — it is a community issue. Fatmata will fight for it accordingly.