Category: ERA

Editor’s note. Last week, the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives passed a measure which (as NRLC explained) “purported to reanimate the Equal Rights Amendment approved by the 92nd Congress in 1972.” There were brilliant voices speaking against H.J. Res. 79. We will repost two rebuttals a day all this week. We begin with Rep. Debbie Lesko …

Editor’s note. Last week, the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives passed a measure which (as NRLC explained) “purported to reanimate the Equal Rights Amendment approved by the 92nd Congress in 1972. ”There were brilliant voices speaking against H.J. Res. 79. We will repost two rebuttals a day all this week. In Part One, we reposted the …

By Dave Andrusko On Thursday, National Right to Life offered a keen summary of what happened to the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives’ attempt to “resuscitate” the pro-abortion ERA. It naturally passed—with the rarest of exceptions, to be a congressional Democrat is to be pro-abortion—so that was inevitable.  However (as the headline apt summarized), “U.S. House …

WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives today passed a measure that purports to reanimate the Equal Rights Amendment approved by the 92nd Congress in 1972. “The House Democratic leadership put on a partisan political stage-magic show – the 40-years-dead ERA was just a prop,” said Douglas D. Johnson, senior policy advisor for National Right to …

“Abortion-rights supporters are eager to nullify the [ERA ratification] deadline and get the amendment ratified so it could be used to overturn state laws restricting abortion.” (AP/ New York Times, January 21, 2020) WASHINGTON (Feb. 12, 2020) Trampling over constitutional requirements, the Democratic leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives on February 13 will bring …

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, February 13, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives will take up a measure that purports to “remove the ratification deadline” from the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment Resolution, and thereby (proponents claim) make the 1972 ERA a part of the Constitution. The House is expected to begin debate on the measure (H.J. …

“Abortion-rights supporters are eager to nullify the [ERA ratification] deadline and get the amendment ratified so it could be used to overturn state laws restricting abortion.”  (AP/ New York Times, January 21, 2020) WASHINGTON (Feb. 4, 2020) Trampling over constitutional requirements, the Democratic leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives on February 12 or 13 will bring to …

Re: Pro-life scorecard alert on H.J. Res. 79 pro-abortion 1972 Equal Rights Amendment) Dear Member of Congress: During the week of February 10, the U.S. House of Representatives is likely to vote on H. J. Res. 79, a measure that purports to retroactively erase the seven-year ratification deadline that the 92nd Congress included in the …

WASHINGTON (Jan. 12, 2020) — A long-smoldering campaign to insert the Equal Rights Amendment into the U.S. Constitution has turned into a political-legal-media blaze. At NRL News deadline, the Virginia legislature appeared to be mere days away from adopting a resolution that purports to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), a proposed constitutional amendment submitted …

WASHINGTON — The Office of Legal Counsel of the Department of Justice, which advises all components of the Executive Branch on major legal issues, today issued a 38-page opinion holding that the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) has been dead for 40 years, and that no subsequent action by state legislatures or Congress can resurrect …

WASHINGTON — The nation’s largest pro-life organization today said an effort by congressional Democrats to revive the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment is an unconstitutional exercise in “political theater,” driven in part by pressure from pro-abortion activist groups. The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee today approved, on a 21-11 party-line vote, a measure (H.J.Res. 79) …