The Most Absurd “Solution” to America’s Assault on Women
2 years, 2 months ago

The Most Absurd “Solution” to America’s Assault on Women

Slate  

In 1972, Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment by a two-thirds vote and gave the states until 1979 to approve it. One week earlier, senators pressed Colleen Shogan—President Joe Biden’s nominee to replace the current archivist—on whether she would declare the ERA to be legitimately ratified. Proponents of the amendment are also upset that the Biden Administration is taking the same slightly technical position that Donald Trump’s did: The archivist cannot certify the ERA without confirmation from either a federal court or Congress. The disappointment is, on some level, understandable: Those supporting the ERA’s resuscitation argue that it is the solution to our current political horrors—that the amendment could protect a national right to abortion and contraception, enshrine LGBTQ equality, and justify federal legislation protecting women from domestic violence, wage discrimination, and more. What we find befuddling is the fact that any progressive in 2022 could still believe that the current federal judiciary would greenlight ratification—or that the ERA’s ratification would matter to the federal judiciary.

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New York’s ‘equal rights’ constitutional amendment restored to ballot by appeals court
6 months ago

New York’s ‘equal rights’ constitutional amendment restored to ballot by appeals court

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — A proposed amendment to New York’s constitution barring discrimination based on “gender identity” and “pregnancy outcomes” was restored to the November election ballot Tuesday by a state appeals court. “This is a huge victory in our efforts to protect access to abortion in New York and to protect many vulnerable communities from discrimination,” New York Attorney General …

A landmark for women’s rights
2 years, 2 months ago

A landmark for women’s rights

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Thursday removed the distinction between married and unmarried women in India’s abortion laws and, for the first time, accorded formal recognition to marital rape, though in the limited context of termination of pregnancy. The court ruled that unmarried women can undergo abortion up to 24 weeks of their pregnancy, bringing them on par with married women. …

The Supreme Court's Abortion Decision Reminds Me to Enjoy LGBTQ Rights While I Still Can
2 years, 5 months ago

The Supreme Court's Abortion Decision Reminds Me to Enjoy LGBTQ Rights While I Still Can

Huff Post  

At the beginning of Pride Month, I told many of my friends to legally enjoy sodomy while they still can. Among them include South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, who argued in an appearance on “Fox News Sunday” that Justice Samuel Alito, author of the majority opinion, “set the right tone” by writing that the overturning of Roe v. Wade by …

50 years ago sex equality seemed destined for the Constitution. What happened?
2 years, 9 months ago

50 years ago sex equality seemed destined for the Constitution. What happened?

NPR  

50 years ago sex equality seemed destined for the Constitution. "Women in the military, gender neutral bathrooms, marriage equality, all of those things that said would happen in order to instill fear in people to oppose the ERA did come to pass even without an ERA, and this country, I think, is better for it," said Cheng. He said that …

Judge dismisses lawsuit by Democratic AGs to recognize ERA
3 years, 9 months ago

Judge dismisses lawsuit by Democratic AGs to recognize ERA

Associated Press  

A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed by three Democratic state attorneys general that had sought to force the federal government to recognize Virginia’s vote last year to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment and add it to the Constitution. Shortly after Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the amendment that supporters say will guarantee women equal rights …

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