Resolution calling for Congress to ratify the ERA clears Michigan House... [View all]

https://michiganadvance.com/2023/04/11/despite-setbacks-resolution-calling-for-congress-to-ratify-the-era-clears-michigan-house/

Michigan is wading into the long fight to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).

State Rep. Laurie Pohutsky (D-Livonia) last month introduced House Concurrent Resolution 3 and the House approved it. The measure calls on the archivist of the United States to certify and publish the ERA as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It also calls on Congress to declare the legislation as ratified.

“Today’s resolution is a reminder that our work is not yet done when it comes to our commitment that all people — regardless of their gender — should share equally in the rights they deserve, and that Congress still needs to ratify the ERA,” Pohutsky said after the resolution passed on March 22.

With the recent ratifications of the ERA by Nevada in 2017, Illinois in 2018 and Virginia in 2020, the number of states needed for certification of the ERA to become the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has been reached.

However, that action was stalled due to the Department of Justice (DOJ) under former President Donald Trump in January 2020.

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