Category: ERA

Dear Senator: The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) strongly opposes H.J. Res. 17, approved by the House of Representatives on a near-party-line vote on March 17, and its Senate companion, S.J. Res. 1, introduced by Senators Cardin and Murkowski. These measures purport to “remove” the ratification deadline that the 92nd Congress included in the …

WASHINGTON – Three Democratic attorneys general today appealed a landmark March 5 ruling by federal Judge Rudolph Contreras, who held that the Equal Rights Amendment expired decades ago, and that the ERA in reality has not been “ratified” by 38 states as has been widely reported (Virginia v. Ferriero).  Attorneys general Mark Herring (Virginia), Aaron …

The overall level of support for the ERA in the U.S. House of Representatives has plunged over the past 50 years — from 94% in 1971, to slightly below 2/3 (65%) in 1983, to just 52% on the March 17 roll call. A bare majority–while Article V clearly requires two-thirds votes.

The measure instructs that North Dakota “should not be counted by Congress…Archivist…any court…,” because its ratification “officially lapsed” By Laura Echevarria, Communications Director and Press Secretary In a first-in-the-nation move, the North Dakota legislature today gave final approval to a measure to formally notify Congress, the Archivist of the United States, and the federal courts …

By Dave Andrusko As NRLC explained yesterday, House passage of a resolution Democrats said could resuscitate the long-expired 1972 Equal Rights Amendment “was the ERA’s poorest showing in 50 years.” Only 52% of the members voting supported the resolution—“62 votes below the two-thirds margin that the Constitution requires to perform grown-up constitutional amending, as opposed to …

Democrats Pursue Political Theater in Face of 40 Years of Judicial Rebukes WASHINGTON—U.S. House Democrats today passed, 222-204, a resolution they claimed could resuscitate the long-expired 1972 Equal Rights Amendment. “This was ERA’s poorest showing in the House in 50 years,” said Douglas D. Johnson, senior policy advisor to the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), …

WASHINGTON—On Wednesday, March 17, 2021, the House of Representatives will take up H.J. Res. 17, a measure that purports to “remove the ratification deadline” from the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment Resolution, and thereby (proponents claim) make the 1972 ERA part of the Constitution. The House passed such a measure on February 13, 2020, and is …

Dear Member of Congress: The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) strongly opposes House Joint Resolution 17, introduced by Congresswoman Speier on January 21, 2021, which Congresswoman Speier asserts will “simply repeal” the ratification deadline that the 92nd Congress included in the Equal Rights Amendment Resolution submitted to the states on March 22, 1972 – …

If their unprecedented scheme is successful, pro-life legislation nationwide could be destroyed. WASHINGTON– During the week of March 15, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives will take up a measure that attempts to revive the long-expired Equal Rights Amendment. This unprecedented measure poses a dire threat to all pro-life laws and policies, state and federal. …

WASHINGTON – U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras (an appointee of President Barack Obama) today ruled that the ratification period for the Equal Rights Amendment, set in the ERA Resolution approved by Congress 49 years ago, was valid, and that the actions of the legislatures of Nevada (2017), Illinois (2018), and Virginia (2020) had no legal …

WASHINGTON – U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras (an appointee of President Barack Obama) today ruled that the ratification period for the Equal Rights Amendment, set in the ERA Resolution approved by Congress 49 years ago, was valid, and that the actions of the legislatures of Nevada (2017), Illinois (2018), and Virginia (2020) had no legal …