ERA in the News

June 22, 2022

Alyssa Milano: Biden Must Do More to Protect Abortion Rights

The Daily Beast, May 31, 2022 An urgent plea to President Biden calling for the immediate ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment in the face of the current assault on......
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June 05, 2022

Equality: A Message to my Daughters

CityWatch, May 19, 2022 A great piece which details the history of the Equal Rights Amendment, up to and including its current status in Congress Includes a short biography of......
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June 05, 2022

Last-Minute Bid to Save Right to Abortion Comes via ERA Lawsuits

Bloomberg Law - May 20, 2022 Details the lawsuits by the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Trust in Michigan, Rhode Island and New York  Includes links to the actual text of each......
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March 07, 2021

Federal judge says states acted too late to ratify Equal Rights Amendment

On Friday March 5, a federal judge ruled that the 1982 deadline in the preamble of the Equal Rights Amendments preclude the validity of the 2017 Nevada ratification, the 2018......
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February 12, 2021

2021 Could Be The Year Women Get Full Constitutional Rights | HuffPost

On Thursday, a group of bipartisan lawmakers introduced legislation that would help finalize ratification of the ERA, which which would amend the Constitution to prohibit discrimination on the basis of......
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February 12, 2021

Cardin, Murkowski, Speier, Reed Announce Bipartisan Resolution to Affirm Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment

January 21, 2021 Cardin, Murkowski, Speier, Reed Announce Bipartisan Resolution to Affirm Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment The required 38 states have ratified the ERA. Continue reading:  https://www.cardin.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/cardin-murkowski-speier-reed-announce-bipartisan-resolution-to-affirm-ratification-of-the-equal-rights-amendment ...
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February 12, 2021

“Completing the Work of Our Foremothers”: The Final Push for the Equal Rights Amendment

On Thursday, Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) re-introduced her bill dissolving the deadline for ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment with bipartisan support of more than 195 co-signers.Soon Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.)......
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