The U.S. is a step closer to enshrining gender equality in the Constitution — but a daunting maze of legislative and legal obstacles still stands in the way
House action on Thursday inched the U.S. closer to enshrining gender equality in the Constitution — but a daunting maze of legislative and legal obstacles still stands in the way.232-183 to pass legislation that would repeal the 1982 deadline for states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, a move that could advance the constitutional add-on forbidding discrimination on the basis of sex.Five Republicans joined 227 Democrats in favor of the bill. No Democrats opposed the bill.
The ERA resurfaced last month when Virginia voted to ratify it, pushing the amendment past the required 38-state threshold. But aside from the unlikelihood that the House bill will clear the Senate, the bid to revive the ERA has already drawn court challenges from those who believe Virginia's vote came nearly four decades too late, and that the five states that have voted to rescind their original ratification shouldn't be counted.
Since the crusade for ERA fizzled out in 1982, the GOP has made its peace with women working outside the home and other once-divisive feminist issues. But Republicans remain opposed to the amendment on the grounds that it might— a claim some legal experts dispute.
A companion to the House bill, sponsored by Sen. Ben Cardin and co-sponsored by GOP Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins , has been introduced in the Senate. But it's unlikely McConnell will move either measure, and less likely still that President Donald Trump will sign them. But opponents on the right argue the amendment constitutes a dangerous backdoor to unfettered access to taxpayer-funded abortion. Because any attempt at regulating abortion would only impact women, they point out, it could be ruled discrimination on the basis of sex under the ERA.
Some legal experts say that if the deadline repeal becomes law, the ERA will automatically become part of the Constitution.
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