ERA in the News: MARCH 7, 2026 - MARCH 20, 2026

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Mar. 8 On Int’l Women’s Day, The US Needs An Equal Rights Amendment “But that technical deadline is meaningless and was never imposed on another amendment, according to the American Bar Association, confirming that the technical objections to the passage of the ERA are not consistent with Article 5 of the Constitution.” Informed Comment

Mar. 10 Lawsuits Argue Equal Rights Amendment Is Valid Constitutional Amendment “Decades after its first deadline, the Equal Rights Amendment is back in the courtroom as plaintiffs demand a federal judge finally recognize it as part of the U.S. Constitution.” The National Constitution Center

Mar. 11 ABA Commission On Women Programs Celebrate Women’s History Month “On March 25, the commission will host “The Equal Rights Amendment: From Ratification to Realization” that will address the status of the ERA and efforts to realize federal and state constitution ERAs.” American Bar Association

Mar. 11 A Quarter of Gen Z Men Think Women Should ‘Obey’ Their Husbands “Republicans in Kansas, who have been unsuccessfully trying to ban abortion for years, have a disgusting new tactic: they’re sneaking a ban into an equal rights amendment. That’s right—they’re trying to put an ERA on the ballot that would ban abortion.” Substack

Mar. 13 MAGA’s Counter-Revolution Against Civil Rights “These tensions are not new. The struggle for democracy runs like a “red thread” throughout U.S. history. Karl Marx put it in class terms: “Labor in the white skin cannot be free so long as labor in the black is branded.” Frederick Douglass, advocating for both African American and women’s rights, wrote on the masthead of the North Star in 1847: “Right is of no sex—Truth is of no color—God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren.” People’s World