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Yes, it should be ratified. The Equal Rights Amendment states:
"Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of sex."
It is a simple statement that would define the meaning of "We the people" to include the majority of the population--that is women. We do not have a statement in our Constitution which guarantees women the same rights and responsibilities that all men have by viture of them being born male. The only guaranteed right that women have under our Constitution is the right to vote--which they had to fight for for almost 80 years.
Most Americans believe that men and women should have legal equality and 77 percent believe this should be stated in the Constitution of the United States.
The majority of Americans consider legal equality a fundamental right which needs to be codified and made explicit in our Constitution.
The results of ERA ratification would be that gender discrimination would enjoy the same legal status as discrimination based on race and religion--that is, that sex would become a "suspect class" like race and religion. A suspect class enjoys heightened scrutiny by the courts. This means that when a case of discrimination is considered the onus of proof rests with the entity being charged and not with the victim. When race became a suspect class, race discrimination in the workplace began to diminish and consequently our society no longer tolerates race discrimination. The ERA would afford gender the same potential for addressing sex discrimination in our society.
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∙ 14y agoYes, there is an active campaign to ratifiy the Equal Rights Amendment. 4ERA.org (www.4ERA.org) is the national single issue ERA campaign organization working on the amendment. It has groups in many of the unratified states campaigning to ratify the amendment. 4ERA's state organizations work independently and within other state coalitions of national organizations including members of the Business and Professional Women, American Association of University Women, Federally Employed Women, Zonta International and the League of Women Votes to bring ratification resolutions to their legislatures.
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∙ 11y agoNo because they beleieved that they already had the 14th amendment and that the women do not need any more laws for them.
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Is there an Equal Rights amendment for women?
Yes, it is called the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). It hasn't been ratified yet though, so it isn't a real amendment yet.
Is the failed equal rights the 14th amendment?
The 14th amendment does concern equal rights, but it would be an error to describe it as "failed" ... it just took a while (100 years or so) to actually become effectual in practice. The proposed amendment called the Equal Rights Amendment that was never passed, and could therefore reasonably be described as "failed", would have been the 20th amendment had it passed when it was proposed, or the 27th if had passed when it was finally accepted by Congress. Since it was not ratified by a sufficient number of states to be made part of the Constitution, it doesn't HAVE a number, though it could theoretically be re-proposed as what would become the 28th Amendment were it to pass.
Equal Rights Amendment?
Supported by the National Organization for Women, this amendment would prevent all gender-based discrimination practices. However, it never passed the ratification process.
When was the Equal Rights Amendment added to the Constitution?
The Equal Rights Amendment was first proposed by Alice Paul in 1923, when it was first introduced to Congress. Since then it has failed to gain momentum in the US Legislature, gaining the most probable chance of passing in 1972 before spending a decade in deliberation before its eventual failure in 1982.
Did woman's rights leaders such as Anthony really help to achieve woman's rights.?
Yes the did. I doubt the 19th amendment would have been passed without them.
What if the Equal Rights Amendment had not been ratified?
women would probably still be homemakers and only be good fro making babies and taking care of their family.
Brief history of the Equal Rights Amendment?
Starting in 1848, the Equal Rights Amendment has been an ongoing struggle with each new victory bringing new need for equality. In 1848 Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott gathered around 300 men and women at the Seneca Falls convention to protest for women's rights. The official Equal Rights Amendment was introduced in 1923 and did not pass through each Congress until 1972. In 1982, not enough states had been ratified and it was re-introduced. Since 1994, it was been introduced into every Congress and has been accepted.
Which was the first document to specifically propose equal rights for American women?
One of the first and hallmark documents codifying the equal rights of women was the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution. The 19th Amendment conferred upon women the right to suffrage - voting. A proposed "Equal Rights Amendment," has been written to further clarify and make concrete gender based protections before the law.
When the 23rd Amendment was passed it gave voting rights to residents of Washington DC Why were they excluded from all of the previous amendments that gave voting rights?
That had always been a privilege reserved for states.
When the 23rd Amendment was passed it gave voting rights to residents of Washington DC. Why were they excluded from all of the previous amendments that gave voting rights?
That had always been a privilege reserved for states.
Which amendment has been interpreted as the foundation on implied rights?
Amendment 14
Which amendment deals with womens rights?
Women got the right to vote in the 19th amendment. There is no specific amendment that gives women "rights", one amendment was proposed but it was never ratified.
