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"Equal
Rights Amendment"
New Federal ERA Introduced in Congress
-- March 30, 2007
NRLC letter to
U.S. Senate against S. J. Res. 10, a new federal Equal Rights Amendment
(ERA) (also known as "Women's Equality Amendment")
-- March 29, 2007
For PDF version, click
here.
NRLC letter to
U.S. House of Representatives against H. J. Res. 40, a new federal Equal
Rights Amendment (ERA) (also known as "Women's Equality Amendment")
-- March 28, 2007
For PDF version, click
here.
Text of H. J. Res. 40, proposed new federal "Women's
Equality Amendment" (Equal Rights Amendment)
-- March 27, 2007 (PDF file)
NRLC memo to members of
the Illinois legislature in opposition to House Joint Resolution
HC 0002, purporting to ratify the 1972 federal ERA
-- March 20, 2007
(PDF file)
NRL News:
'three-state strategy' to revive pro-abortion 1972 federal ERA turned back
in Arkansas
-- March, 2007
(PDF file)
NRLC release: Effort to revive federal ERA
suffers stunning setback in Arkansas
-- February 7, 2007
For PDF version of release, click
here.
NRLC advisory to Arkansas news media: National attention focuses
on impending fight in Arkansas legislature on resolution to "ratify" 1972
federal ERA -- February
7, 2007
To view or download PDF version, click
here.
Memo for Arkansas
Legislature: HJR 1002 would unconstitutionally "ratify" 1972 federal ERA,
which contains language already used as a pro-abortion legal weapon
-- January
31, 2007
To view or download pdf version, click
here.
Some
people now argue that the federal ERA proposed in 1972 can
be resurrected by state legislatures (the so-called
"three-state strategy"). However, in 1982 the U.S. Supreme
Court declared that the federal ERA sent to the state
legislatures by Congress in 1972 was legally dead. Click
here to see the
Supreme Court's order, as well as a memo from the Acting
Solicitor General of the United States on which the order
was based. (PDF file -- require free Adobe Acrobat Reader)
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NRLC
letter to Congress opposing proposed federal "Equal Rights
Amendment" unless amended
--
February
15, 2003
Click
here
for PDF version.
NRLC
letter to Congress opposing proposed federal "Equal Rights
Amendment" unless amended (PDF
version. Requires Adobe Acrobat)
--
February 15, 2003
Op-Ed
by NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson, published by the St. Louis
Post-Dispatch -- April 4, 2000
Click
here
for PDF version.
Memo
from NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson to Missouri Legislators
--
April 4, 2000
New
Mexico Supreme Court Says State ERA Requires State to Pay for Elective
Abortions: Ruling Confirms NRLC Warnings of 1980's --
November, 1998
Click
here
for PDF version.
Text
of New Mexico Supreme Court Ruling the ERA Requires Taxpayer-Funded Abortions
-- November 25, 1998
Click
here
for PDF version.
"Night of the Living Dead Amendment." George F. Will dissects the "three-state"
theory promoted by some ERA supporters.
--
February 13, 1994
"Aborting
the ERA," by NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson. From American
Politics magazine -- May, 1987.
(PDF file.)
Catholic Bishops
oppose federal ERA unless it is amended --1984
National Right
to Life News: U. S. House of Representatives rejects attempt to revive
unamended federal ERA -- November, 1983
Decision of the U.S. District Court for the District
of Idaho in Idaho v. Freeman, in which the court found that the
congressional attempt to extend the ERA ratification deadline from 1979 to
1982 was unconstitutional, and found that rescissions (withdrawals) of
ratification prior to the original deadline were valid
-- December 23, 1981
(PDF file)
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