Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied nor abridged by the U.S. or by any state on account of sex.
The wording of the equal rights amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution was not considered very controversial when the proposal passed the Senate last March. If anything, the bill seemed to be a simple doffing of the legislative hat in recognition of a battle already won. By the time the state legislatures recessed at the end of the year, 22 states had already ratified ERA, leaving only sixteen more needed for...
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