Showing posts with label Equal Rights Amendment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Equal Rights Amendment. Show all posts

Monday, December 16, 2024

Friday, July 14, 2023

Democrats unveil new effort to enforce the Equal Rights Amendment - ABC News

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri introduced a joint resolution stating the gender-equality measure has met ratification requirements and should be finalized as the 28th Amendment immediately by the national archivist...

Friday, April 28, 2023

'Disappointing Day for Women': Senate GOP Filibuster Blocks Equal Rights Amendment

"Today is a disappointing day for women," declared League of Women Voters of the United States CEO Virginia Kase Solomón. "Our nation's elected leaders have failed yet again to see us as equal members of this democracy." 

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Equal Rights Amendment to get Senate vote this week, Schumer says - The Washington Post

The Senate, then, is expected to vote this week on a bipartisan resolution introduced by Sens. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) that would remove the arbitrary deadline of 1982 and, thus, would recognize the ERA as a valid, 28th Amendment to the Constitution. 

"The ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment would finally provide a constitutional remedy against sex discrimination — pushing our country one step closer to finally achieving equal justice under the law," Schumer said on Monday. "It has been exactly 100 years since the first ERA was proposed in Congress. American women cannot afford to wait 100 more."

Monday, January 20, 2020

Here's a map of states for (and against) the Equal Rights Amendment - Business Insider

On Wednesday, Virginia voted to amend the US Constitution, securing its spot as the 38th state needed to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, which would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex.
https://www.businessinsider.com/map-of-states-for-and-against-the-equal-rights-amendment








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