ERA in the News: AUGUST 2, 2025 - AUGUST 15, 2025

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Aug. 1 A Revolutionary Way to End the Incarceration of Girls “Politicians and activists mused whether Hawaii—a pioneer for women’s and girls’ rights as the first state to legalize abortion and ratify the Equal Rights Amendment—might also have found a way to stop locking them up. “Another world is possible,” New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez posted after learning of the news.” Mother Jones

Aug. 4 Equality Now highlights how the Equal Rights Amendment can help safeguard LGBTQ+ rights and same-sex marriage "LGBTQ+ individuals across the United States are facing an alarming resurgence of rights violations, and there is an urgent need for robust legal protections. Equality Now highlights how full universal recognition of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) as the 28th Amendment to the US Constitution would help safeguard LGBTQ+ rights and marriage equality." EIN Presswire

Aug. 7 The Speculum: 200 Years of Painful ‘Progress’ "Change begins with design—but it must also include listening to patients, validating their pain, and creating care that respects rather than merely accommodates them. That’s the future reproductive healthcare should be working toward. Legal protections play a role too: the Equal Rights Amendment would provide a constitutional guarantee of sex equality, helping to challenge the systemic neglect of women’s health needs." ERA Coalition