[[link removed]] Ms. Memo: This Week in Women's Rights
August 30, 2023
From the ongoing fight for abortion rights and access, to elections, to the drive for the Equal Rights Amendment, there are a multitude of battles to keep up with. In this weekly roundup, find the absolute need-to-know news for feminists.
Biden Challenges Congress to Take Action on the ERA [[link removed]]
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“I will continue to fight for the Equal Rights Amendment as I have throughout my career,” said President Joe Biden in his official 2023 Women’s Equality Day proclamation. (Olivier Douliery / AFP via Getty Images)
BY ROXY SZAL | President Joe Biden issued a challenge to Congress on Saturday “to act swiftly to recognize ratification of the [Equal Rights Amendment]”—part of his official proclamation on Women’s Equality Day, when the U.S. celebrates the formal adoption of the 19th Amendment, which enshrined women’s right to vote into the Constitution in 1920.
“It is long past time to definitively enshrine the principle of gender equality in the Constitution,” said Biden. “Together we can and must build a future where our daughters have all the same rights and opportunities as our sons, where all women and girls have a chance to realize their God-given potential, and where we can finally realize the full promise of America for all Americans.”
Only with the ERA ratified as part of the Constitution, said Biden, will the U.S. be “a nation worthy of the abilities and ambitions of our women and girls.”
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What we're reading
Because it's hard to keep up with everything going on in the world right now. Here's what we're reading this week:
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