ERA

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ERA is the commonly used abbreviation for the Equal Rights Amendment, a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution intended to guarantee equal legal rights regardless of sex.

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instanceOf proposed amendment to the United States Constitution
abbreviation ERA NERFINISHED
aimsToProhibit sex-based discrimination
congressionalJointResolutionNumber H.J.Res. 208 NERFINISHED
constitutionalProcess Article V amendment process
country United States of America
debatedIssue impact on protective labor legislation
relationship to existing equal protection jurisprudence
firstIntroducedBy Alice Paul NERFINISHED
firstIntroducedInChamber United States Congress NERFINISHED
hasKeyConcept equal protection of the laws
gender equality
sex equality
women's rights
hasOppositionWithinParty Democratic Party NERFINISHED
Republican Party NERFINISHED
hasSection Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
hasSupportFromPoliticalParty Democratic Party (various periods) NERFINISHED
Republican Party (various periods) NERFINISHED
influencedBy women's suffrage movement
initialRatificationDeadline 1979
introducedInCongress 1923
isSubjectOf ongoing political debate in the United States
languageTargets United States federal government NERFINISHED
state governments
laterRatificationPeriod 2017–2020
laterRatifiedByState Illinois NERFINISHED
Nevada NERFINISHED
Virginia NERFINISHED
legalControversy effect of states’ rescissions of ratification
validity of ratifications after the congressional deadline
opposedByGroup some conservative groups
some labor organizations
passedByCongress 1972
proposedAfter Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED
purpose to guarantee equal legal rights regardless of sex
ratificationDeadlineExtendedTo 1982
ratificationStatusAsOf1982 not fully ratified
relatedTo civil rights in the United States
feminism in the United States
requiredStateRatifications 38
sectionCount 3
standsFor Equal Rights Amendment NERFINISHED
stateRatificationsBy1982 35
supportedByMovement American feminist movement
supportedByOrganization National Organization for Women NERFINISHED
National Woman's Party NERFINISHED
textBeginsWith Section 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

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