ERA in the News: JUNE 21, 2025 - JULY 4, 2025

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Jun. 20 SCOTUS' 'Skrmetti' Ruling: Without the ERA, Protections Against Sex Discrimination Remain Fragile - Ms. Magazine "But Skrmetti shows how fragile protections against sex discrimination have become without any explicit guarantee, like the Equal Rights Amendment." Ms. Magazine

Jun. 24 A Decade of Marriage Equality in the US: 5 Reasons We Still Need the ERA for LGBTQ+ Rights this Pride Month - Equality Now “June 26, 2025, marks ten years since the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, which affirmed the constitutional right to marry for same-sex couples. It was a historic victory, recognizing love and equal access to marriage under the law. But ten years on, that promise is under threat. LGBTQ+ individuals across the United States face an alarming resurgence of rights violations, and there is an urgent need for robust legal protections. That’s why full universal recognition of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) as the 28th Amendment to the US Constitution matters more than ever." Equality Now

Jun. 26 Op-ed: 10 years later, marriage equality is under attack "Voting and civil rights are continuously under attack in our nation’s courtrooms and halls of power. The Equal Rights Amendment, first introduced in 1923 and reintroduced in 1973, has never been ratified and made law. Legislation and court rulings have curtailed or banned reproductive rights." The Advocate

Jun. 27 After Dobbs, States Become Battleground For Abortion Rights - Law360 “In January 2024, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that the state's Equal Rights Amendment applied to the Medicaid-funded abortion ban in the state, overturning the dismissal of a lawsuit by a trial court. The ruling sent the case, Allegheny Reproductive Health v. Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, back to the lower courts to evaluate its constitutionality." Law 360