Today President Biden issued a strong statement declaring that the Equal Rights Amendment has been ratified and is the law of the land having met both requirements of Article V with the vote of 2/3rds of Congress and ratification by 3/4th of the state legislatures.
We applaud President Biden’s unwavering support for the Equal Rights Amendment over more than 50-years.
“The ERA would etch equal rights into the Constitution – to protect and expand our opportunities, choices and rights,” stated Carolyn Maloney, President New York State NOW and former Member of Congress.
“There is nothing in the President’s statement that prevents the Congress from also affirming the ERA as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution as they did with the 27th Amendment,” said Eleanor Smeal, President of the Feminist Majority.
Smeal and Maloney are ERA leaders who have worked for decades for the ratification starting in the 1970’s when it passed Congress.
For more information and interviews, contact Madelyn Amos, mamos@feminist.org text/cell: 252-314-3437 at Feminist Majority and Elaine Allegro, email: Rea750@aol.com, text/cell: 917-723-0727
