01/27/2022

President Urges Congress to Immediately Recognize Equal Rights Amendment

This would formally protect women's rights

Today, President Joe Biden called on Congress to immediately act to enshrine the Equal Rights Amendment in the U.S. Constitution and formally protect women's rights decades after lawmakers adopted them.

In a statement released by the White House, Biden urged Congress "to pass a resolution recognizing ratification of the ERA" after a recent legal analysis said there was nothing preventing lawmakers from acting.

"We must recognize the clear will of the American people and definitively enshrine the principle of gender equality in the Constitution. It is long past time that we put all doubt to rest," Biden said. "No one should be discriminated against based on their sex—and we, as a nation, must stand up for full women’s equality."

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