Equal Rights Amendment Pros And Cons

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What is the ERA? The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution that was written by Alice Paul, who was one of the leaders of the women suffrage movement. Since, the Constitution does not guarantee equal rights for women, it was to expressly prohibit discrimination against girls and women on the basis of sex. It was introduced in Congress in 1923. Eventually, in 1972, the Senate and the House of Representatives by the required two-thirds majority passed the ERA bill and it was then sent to the states for ratification. After the original seven-year deadline, in which the necessary 38 states – the constitutionally required three-fourths – did not approve the bill, Congress extended the deadline to June