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November 14, 2019

House Resolution Would Clear Path for Adoption of Equal Rights Amendment
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The House Judiciary Committee approved a resolution Wednesday that
brings the United States one step closer to approving the Equal Rights
Amendment - which would guarantee equal legal protections regardless of
sex. If approved by the full House and Senate, the resolution would
change the deadline for the ERA's ratification, which was initially set
as 1982. The constitutional amendment was approved by Congress in 1972
and was ratified by 35 states over the next decade - three states short
of the required total needed by the 1982 deadline. Nevada and Illinois
have since ratified the amendment, and many Virginia Democrats - who
retook the state Legislature earlier this month - have pledged to
approve it, as well.


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