The National Women’s Caucus of the Green Party of the United States calls on President Biden to confirm and publish the Equal Rights Amendment in the US Constitution.

The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is the duly ratified 28th Constitutional Amendment that guarantees equal rights to all people regardless of sex.

For Immediate Release:
December 18, 2024

Contacts:
Gloria Mattera, Green Party Media Committee Coordinator, 202-804-2758, [email protected]
Jennifer Sullivan, Spokesperson, National Women's Caucus, 352-410-4484

“It's always been baffling to me that the ERA has not been passed, since it was first introduced in 1923! The Senate passed it in 1972, but thanks to the opposition and hard work of conservative opponents like the Eagle Forum and former Congressional candidate Phyliss Schlafly, it's somehow been an issue that just can't come to fruition. However, the required states have ratified it and this issue needs to become a reality. This way, no person or group can ever waste our time by blocking this anymore,” said Jennifer Sullivan, Spokesperson for the Green Party National Women’s Caucus.

The constitutional requirements have already been met:

• The US House approved the ERA in 1971 with a bipartisan vote of 354–24. The Senate approved it in 1972 by another bipartisan vote of 84-8.
  
  
• Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the ERA in January 2020, which means that 3/4 of all the states have ratified it.

Extending protections under the ERA is the most important thing Biden and Congress can do right now.

Green Party of the United States endorses the ERA in its platform: "We support the equal application of the Constitution of the United States of America to all citizens, and therefore call for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)." 

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