ERA

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ERA is the commonly used abbreviation for the Equal Rights Amendment, a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution intended to guarantee equal legal rights regardless of sex.

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instanceOf proposed amendment to the United States Constitution
abbreviation ERA
aimsToProhibit sex-based discrimination
congressionalJointResolutionNumber H.J.Res. 208
constitutionalProcess Article V amendment process
country United States of America
debatedIssue impact on protective labor legislation
relationship to existing equal protection jurisprudence
firstIntroducedBy Alice Paul
firstIntroducedInChamber United States Congress
hasKeyConcept equal protection of the laws
gender equality
sex equality
women's rights
hasOppositionWithinParty Democratic Party
Republican Party
hasSection Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
hasSupportFromPoliticalParty Democratic Party (various periods)
linked to: Democratic Party

Republican Party (various periods)
linked to: Republican Party
influencedBy women's suffrage movement
initialRatificationDeadline 1979
introducedInCongress 1923
isSubjectOf ongoing political debate in the United States
languageTargets United States federal government
state governments
laterRatificationPeriod 2017–2020
laterRatifiedByState Illinois
Nevada
Virginia
legalControversy effect of states’ rescissions of ratification
validity of ratifications after the congressional deadline
opposedByGroup some conservative groups
some labor organizations
passedByCongress 1972
proposedAfter Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
purpose to guarantee equal legal rights regardless of sex
ratificationDeadlineExtendedTo 1982
ratificationStatusAsOf1982 not fully ratified
relatedTo civil rights in the United States
feminism in the United States
requiredStateRatifications 38
sectionCount 3
standsFor Equal Rights Amendment
stateRatificationsBy1982 35
supportedByMovement American feminist movement
supportedByOrganization National Organization for Women
National Woman's Party
textBeginsWith Section 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

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Equal Rights Amendment abbreviation ERA
subject linked to: ERA