Wondering what the results of last night's elections in Virginia mean for the Equal Rights Amendment? Ms. explains.
Carmen Rios
Virginia’s state legislators attempted to ratify the ERA earlier this year, but after the Senate advanced the effort it was squashed in the House of Delegates. Now,, Virginia is poised to ratify the groundbreaking Amendment, which would enshrine gender equality in the constitution—and if they did, they would be the 38th and final state needed to push the Amendment over the ratification threshold nationally.
“One thing we are going to need to do right away is pass the Equal Rights Amendment in a Virginia,” state Senate Democratic leader Dick Saslaw told a cheering crowd. “It’s high time we include the women of this country in the Constitution of the United States.”
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