In this op-ed, Kate Kelly, a human rights attorney at Equality Now, explains why the United States Constitution needs an Equal Rights Amendment. Though the robust national fight for ratification ...

This week Illinois lawmakers approved the Equal Rights Amendment, a long-proposed addition to the United States Constitution that would ensure equal rights to all Americans regardless of sex. You ...

When Roe v. Wade was overturned, the Supreme Court effectively took women out of the Constitution. The Equal Rights Amendment would put women back in, if and when President Biden tells the woman ru… ...

Three states urged a federal judge Thursday to declare that the proposed Equal Rights Amendment is now part of the U.S. Constitution, after Virginia this week became the 38th state to ratify it.

President Joe Biden on Friday asserted that the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, is part of the Constitution, arguing it had met the criteria to be ...

The movement to enact an Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is once again experiencing a revival, as some advocates see 2021 as the year it becomes official.

The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery (1865), the Fourteenth Amendment made freed slaves citizens of the United States and the state wherein they lived (1868), and the Fifteenth Amendment ...

What is the Equal Rights Amendment? The Equal Rights Amendment states: "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex." It ...

On March 22, 1972, the U.S. Senate passed the Equal Rights Amendment, sending the measure to the states for ratification in order for it to become a part of the U.S. Constitution, the ultimate law ...

When it comes to equal rights for women, Virginia just made a grand symbolic statement. On January 15, 2020, Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) after both ...

If state lawmakers pass the ERA, Virginia would become the 38th state to ratify it, and an amendment needs 38 states to be added to the Constitution. But a new legal opinion adds to the complexity.