After several decades, the divisive amendment that sets the stage for FX on Hulu’s Mrs. America could finally become law.
religious practices, break family units, and do away with single-sex areas such as dormitories and bathrooms.Those who oppose the amendment believe it to be redundant. Because the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment was extended to cover multiple forms of discrimination on the basis of sex, they see no reason why the ERA is needed.there are still obvious gaps in existing laws, especially when it comes to domestic violence, harassment, pay equity, and LGBTQ issues.
The Alice Paul Institute also considers the amendment an important protection against the unpredictability of future administrations. “Without the ERA in the Constitution, the statutes and case law that have produced major advances in women’s rights since the middle of the last century are vulnerable to being ignored, weakened, or even reversed,” the advocates wrote.
Others consider it a symbolic battle. Said Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a supporter of the ERA, in February 2020, “Every constitution in the world written since the year 1950 ... has the equivalent of an Equal Rights Amendment, and we don’t.”No, not necessarily. The Alice Paul Institute explains that sex-specific language in laws around alimony, child support, etc. could be changed to sex-neutral terms . This would protect these payments while avoiding the specifications of male versus female in accordance with the ERA, and would also benefit people who identify as LGBTQ. Legislators would have two years after ratification to make these shifts.
Advocacy groups such as the ERA Coalition are pushing for the amendment to become law, decades after it was first proposed.If you want to support the ERA becoming law, you can donate to advocacy groups such as the
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