ERA in the News: JULY 19, 2025 - AUGUST 1, 2025
NATIONAL
Jul. 18 Attacks on Abortion Access Are as Old as White Supremacist Patriarchy Itself. Here’s How We Fight Back. - Ms. Magazine "Frietsche and the WLP, in 2024, won a decades-long fight in Pennsylvania to close that gap in promise, and to affirm that abortion rights are tied up in women’s constitutional equality in the state — and protected under the Equal Rights Amendment in its state constitution." Ms. Magazine
Jul. 18 Inside the Feminist Fight to Reclaim Our Reproductive Freedom (with Renee Bracey Sherman, Michele Goodwin, Angie Jean-Marie and Amy Merrill, Susan Frietsche, and Gov. Maura Healey) - Ms. Magazine "27 states across the country, however, have Equal Rights Amendments or other gender equity provisions in their state constitutions — and in Pennsylvania, those protections have been affirmed to include reproductive rights." Ms. Studios
Jul. 27 Guest opinion: Women and children matter - Utah Policy "Let’s start with the constitution which explicitly did not and still does NOT give women equal protection. We are still waiting for the Equal Rights Amendment even though it has been ratified by 38 states." Utah Policy
Jul. 28 Battles over Medicaid Funding for Abortion | State Court Report "In Nevada, an organization that helps cover abortion costs for low-income patients sought a writ of mandamus establishing that the state’s Equal Rights Amendment — which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex — required reimbursement for abortion services." State Court Reporter
STATE NEWS
New York
Jul. 21 Open Questions: Safeguarding Employee Privacy and New York State Prenatal Leave Law - New York State Bar Association New York Bar Association
OHIO
Jul. 24 Despite decision by ballot board, activists push ahead with equal rights amendment | News | athensmessenger.com The Athens Messenger
Jul. 27 Ohio Equal Rights Amendment Moves One Step Closer to Voters Weighing in on Banning Discrimination, Approving Marriage Equality - The Good Men Project The Good Men Project