Today, 1,600 mothers will give birth across the UK in a system that is overstretched, under-resourced, and has normalised harm.We know that, in England, two-thirds of them will give birth in maternity units which are rated as unsafe. Mental health issues remain the leading cause of death between six weeks and 12 months postpartum. Major inequalities still exist in maternal health outcomes for Black and Asian mothers.This is an emergency that demands an urgent national response. It is a public health crisis that has been allowed to unfold in plain sight, leaving hundreds of thousands