Yes, Equal Rights Amendment was passed by Congress on March 22, 1972 and passed by the Virginia Senate in February 2011 and again in February 2012. Yes Yes
On March 22, 1972, the Equal Rights Amendment is passed by the U.S. Senate and sent to the states for ratification. First proposed by the National Woman’s political party in 1923, the Equal Rights Amendment was to provide for the legal equality of the sexes and prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex. The proposed constitutional amendment — Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.. — would give both men and women new legal recourse in sex discrimination cases. It also would give Congress the power to enforce it through legislation.  The ERA in the States. The Equal Rights Amendment was passed by Congress on March 22, 1972 and sent to the states for ratification by both houses of their state legislatures. A proposed amendment becomes part of the Constitution when approved by three-fourths (38) of the 50 states. A bill ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment was passed by the Virginia Senate in February 2011 and again in February 2012. In both years, the bill was then sent to the House of Delegates Privileges and Elections Committee, whose chair is opposed to the ERA. In 2011, it was tabled twice by a P&E subcommittee. The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed to guarantee equal rights for women. The ERA was originally written by Alice Paul and Crystal Eastman. In 1923, it was introduced in the Congress for the first time. Oregon-Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the state of Oregon or by any political subdivision in this state on account of sex. The 15 states that have not yet ratified the Equal Rights Amendment are Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah, and Virginia. A bill ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment was passed by the Virginia Senate in February 2011 and again in February 2012. In both years, the bill was then sent to the House of Delegates Privileges and Elections Committee, whose chair is opposed to the ERA. In 2011, it was tabled twice by a P&E subcommittee. 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. Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. The Equal Rights Amendment is not yet in the U.S. Constitution. The ERA, affirming the equal application of the Constitution to all persons regardless of their sex, was written in 1923 by Alice Paul, suffragist leader and founder of the National Woman's Party. Proposed and passed by Congress but never ratified by the necessary number of states, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) affirms equal justice under the law to all citizens by guaranteeing freedom from sex discrimination. Despite nearly 50 years of inaction, a reworked version of the Equal Rights Amendment was finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives in 1972 as the proposed 27th amendment to the Constitution. What the ERA Says. The text of the Equal Rights Amendment is: 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. Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. Section 3.  On March 22, 1972, the Senate passed the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution, which proposed banning discrimination based on sex. The E.R.A. was sent to the states for ratification, but it would fall short of the three-fourths approval needed. March 22, 1972 | Equal Rights Amendment for Women Passed by Congress. Warren K. Leffler/ Library of Congress U.S. News & World Report Collection Representative Martha Griffiths outside the U.S. Capitol in 1970 after the House passed the Equal Rights Amendment for the first time.
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