A strong Equal
Rights Amendment (ERA)* is essential to end sex discrimination and violence
against women by guaranteeing to
all
women equal protection of the law. Example: A strong ERA would guarantee
access to abortion as a routine, safe
medical service. (Many women have no access
to abortion under the weak constitutional protection of Roe v. Wade.)
Unite ERA and Abortion-Access speech, 2016, 7 minutes, No. 888
ERA briefing outline for National Organization for Women (NOW) interns, 2014, two pages, No. 762
“Three Categories of Discrimination Against Women and Girls,” working fact sheet, one page, No. 764
“21st Century ERA Effort Begins,” article from National NOW Times, 1994, one page, No. 541
“Stop abortion? Fix men!” 1-page essay and 1-page summary, No.622
“Trafficking, Prostitution, and Inequality” by Catharine A. MacKinnon, 2011, 40 pages
Women in Military Service and the Draft, one page, No. 761
End of insurance sex discrimination under ERA debated by Illinois Legislators, two pages, No. 15
“Automobile Insurance Pricing: Implications for Women,” 1996 Women’s Travel Conference, No. 570
Cents-per-mile automobile insurance information website
“How to Pass an ERA Worth Passing,” position paper, 6 pages, No. 760
What an ERA would change; considered in 1983 and again in 2013, 2 pages, No. 882
* ERA states that "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex." Approved by Congress and sent to the states for ratification on March 22, 1972.
"Resolved, That the women of this country ought to be enlightened in regard to the laws under which they live, that they may no longer publish their degradation by declaring themselves satisfied with their present position, nor their ignorance, by asserting that they have all the rights they want." Adopted by delegates at the Seneca Falls Meeting July 19, 1848.
Equality 4 Women
is a project directed by Twiss Butler, Washington, DC
Contact: tbutler@equality4women.org