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Kym, Got an email on this from Democrats Abroad urging us to write Biden or Harris at this site: whitehouse.gov/contact/… to push them to do just that, with a sample text I'll copy here:
Subject: Publish the Equal Rights Amendment
Dear President Biden,
With the remaining weeks of your term, there is a unique opportunity to make a lasting im…
Kym, Got an email on this from Democrats Abroad urging us to write Biden or Harris at this site: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/share/ to push them to do just that, with a sample text I'll copy here:
Subject: Publish the Equal Rights Amendment
Dear President Biden,
With the remaining weeks of your term, there is a unique opportunity to make a lasting impact on our nation's commitment to equality. The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) offers a clear path to guaranteeing equal rights for women under the Constitution, and it can be added with a single action from you.
By ensuring the ERA is published, you would help protect against the rollback of rights, empower the judiciary to combat sex discrimination, and pave the way for further progress toward sex and gender equality. And importantly, it would strengthen legal protections for abortion access and reproductive healthcare.
We kindly urge you to instruct the U.S. Archivist to certify and publish the ERA in the Constitution before your term concludes. This action would affirm our nation's commitment to equal rights and leave a profound legacy for future generations.
Thank you for your time and consideration of this important matter.
Sincerely,
They add that Publication will only occur if there is pressure too great to ignore. THAT'S quite a bummer, but worth a shot. We've only been waiting since the 1970s, right?
done and shared to FB and Bluesky
Thank you, Sandra!
done, and reposting to FB and Bluesky
Thanks, Cecile!
Just saw some very welcome news thought I'd share too. More votes are counted, and Trump DIDN'T win by a landslide. The margin's narrowed to 1.65%
It's the first story here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQwpB8khR2A&ab_channel=BreakingPoints
Done; thank you!!
For those who asked what publishing it would change, apparently it's the last step to actually get it in the CONSTITUTION.
Good 'ole MS Magazine wrote a much fuller explanation of all this two years ago - including the fact that The Violence Against Women of 1994 which helped victims obtain redress was struck down in 2020 by - guess who?
https://msmagazine.com/2022/02/10/equal-rights-amendment-ratified/
I tried to send this, but my submission was flagged as suspicious!
Lol - where do you live? (That said, I think I had to insist 3-4 times myself but b/c they kept demanding a subject line, then erasing it. Somehow it went through at last.)