[[link removed]] Ms. Memo: This Week in Women's Rights
October 5, 2022
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.
Women’s Rights and Legal Advocates Continue Push for Recognition of Equal Rights Amendment [[link removed]]
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Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), House co-sponsor of the Equal Rights Amendment, is joined by members of Congress and women’s rights advocates for a press conference immediately following oral arguments in Illinois v. Ferriero at the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. (Makhfi Azizi)
BY CARRIE N. BAKER and ROXY SZAL | On Wednesday, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in the case of Illinois v. Ferriero —a lawsuit brought against the national archivist to compel him to publish the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The lawsuit was brought by two of the three final states to ratify the ERA: Nevada and Illinois. (The lawsuit was originally joined by Virginia, but the state dropped out earlier this year after Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares was elected; Miyares is opposed to the ERA.)
Immediately following the oral arguments, ERA advocates held a press conference and a rally outside the court.
“We are hopeful that this will result in the certification of the ERA,” said Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), co-sponsor of H.J. Res. 28, the Equal Rights Amendment. “It is alarming to me that our Constitution does not have a provision to protect gender equality when 85 percent of U.N. member states have gender provisions in their constitutions.”
“Fifty-two years ago, Shirley Chisholm stood on the House floor in support of the Equal Rights Amendment, and here we are today, still fighting for the same rights,” said Rep. Brenda L. Lawrence (D-Mich), co-chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus. “Since our country’s founding, women have been intentionally left out of the Constitution. As a result, they were treated as second-class citizens and had to abide by laws for which they had no voice or representation. We need the ERA to ensure that the rights of women and girls will not be rolled back by any political trend, but instead, be preserved as basic rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution.”
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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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"Automated
License
Plate
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Abortion
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Risk”
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