Supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment file a federal lawsuit in Massachusetts aimed at clearing a legal path for the long-delayed constitutional amendment.
Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.BOSTON -- Supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment have filed a federal lawsuit in Massachusetts aimed at clearing a legal path for adoption of the long-delayed constitutional amendment.
But the process is likely to hit some snags. One of the biggest is a measure passed by Congress in 1972, attaching a 1979 ratification deadline to it. That was later extended to 1982. The ERA states that “equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.”
Lawsuits could also be waged over attempts by five states to rescind their initial support for the amendment. “Now that we are on the verge of winning the final state needed to ensure women's equality it is shocking and deeply disturbing that attorneys general in three states” are trying to block the amendment, she added.
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