Equal Rights Amendment

noun

1. ERA ( def 3 ).

Equal Rights Amendment

1. A twice-proposed but never ratified amendment to the Constitution that would prohibit denial or abridgement of rights on the basis of sex. First proposed in 1923, the amendment was passed by Congress in 1972 but failed ratification by the requisite number of states. It was a major rallying point of the women's movement .

Example Sentences

What is one down-ballot item you are voting on that you think is particularly important: In New York, we get to vote on an equal rights amendment that will hopefully enshrine some important protections into state law.

From Slate

This proposition is an “equal rights amendment” that would enshrine protections for reproductive rights and the LGBTQ+ community in New York’s state constitution.

From Slate

In Nevada, voters ratified the Equal Rights Amendment for the state constitution, which already protected abortion access and now does so under the state’s commitment to gender equality.

From Slate

Weyrich oversaw a remaking of the Republican Party by yoking abortion to other conservative social issues, such as the spread of pornography and the Equal Rights Amendment, as Tanya Melich, a former GOP delegate, observed in her 1998 book “The Republican War Against Women.”

From Los Angeles Times

At a Feminist Majority meeting Monday, women gathered in a ballroom of a historic Chicago hotel to talk about the upcoming election and the prospects for passage of an Equal Rights Amendment over crust-less tea sandwiches and pastries.

From Los Angeles Times