Reproductive rights are in grave danger—but the Equal Rights Amendment could change things.
Ironically, married women also lacked a separate legal existence under the common law tradition. Under the doctrine known as coverture, a married woman had no legal existence separate from her husband’s status, and her independent identity was profoundly limited by his right to hold authority and dominion over her.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and other House Democratic women members pose for a photo on the House steps after the House passed a joint resolution to remove the Equal Rights Amendment deadline in Washington on Wednesday, March 17, 2021.
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