ERA in the News: MAR 29 2025 - APr 11 2025

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Mar. 30 Opinion: Women’s History Month 2025: we still don't have equal rights “Girls can’t do that job,' the local TV news director immediately responded, grinning, to my daring statement that I wanted to become a newscaster. Welcome to the real world that 1967 summer after college graduation." Citizen Times

Apr. 1 ERA Congressional Resolution Introduced on Equal Pay Day - Ms. Magazine "Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) introduced an Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) congressional resolution in commemoration of Equal Pay Day, March 25, to highlight economic gender discrimination and show why constitutional equality is needed now more than ever to close the income gap between women and men." Ms. Magazine

Apr. 3 The ERA and the Path Forward: What Happens After Biden’s Declaration? - Equality Now "However, Biden’s declaration does not mean the effort to achieve constitutional equality is over. Just days after leaving office, his declaration was removed from the White House website, underscoring the reality of continuing pushback against the validity of the ERA." Equality Now

Apr. 3 Medicaid coverage for abortion continues to evolve with ongoing litigation | Reuters "This argument was originally rejected by the Commonwealth Court in 2021. The plaintiffs appealed to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, which, in January of 2024, established that Pennsylvania's abortion restrictions are "presumptively unconstitutional" because they violate the Equal Rights Amendment ("ERA") enshrined in the Pennsylvania constitution.” Reuters