ERA in the News: APRIL 18, 2026 - MAY 1, 2026

NATIONAL

Apr. 23 Good New For Women – From The States “In Pennsylvania on Monday, an appeals court struck down a decades-old law banning the use of state Medicaid funding to cover abortion. Truly remarkable is the majority’s decree that reproductive autonomy is enshrined in the equal protection provision of the Pennsylvania Constitution, guaranteed under its Equal Rights Amendment.” The Contrarian

Apr. 23 Keeping Score: Pennsylvania ERA Secures Abortion Rights Win; Civil Rights Groups Investigate Trump Admin Delays in Childcare Payments; Senate Upholds Near Total VA Abortion Ban “In a landmark ruling shaped by Pennsylvania’s Equal Rights Amendment, and driven by years of organizing and litigation led by women across the state, a Pennsylvania court struck down a decades-old ban on using Medicaid funds for abortion, declaring for the first time that the state constitution guarantees a fundamental right to reproductive autonomy.” Ms. Magazine

Apr. 25 From 1970 To Now: Shirley Chisholm’s ERA Speech Still Resonates In Today’s Equality Debates “Throughout her career in Congress Chisholm was a staunch advocate of women’s rights and civil rights. On August 10, 1970, she delivered a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives urging support for the Equal Rights Amendment. That speech appears below.” ASAASE

Apr. 27 State Courts Offer Protection Against Pregnancy Discrimination “Further, while the existence of a state ERA is not dispositive of the question, some recently adopted state ERAs squarely address Geduldig by explicitly barring discrimination on the basis of pregnancy or other reproductive issues as a state constitutional matter, demonstrating the depth of popular opposition to the Geduldig rationale.” State Court Reporter