President Joe Biden said Friday that he believes the Equal Rights Amendment, which guarantees equal protections regardless of sex, is the “law of the land” but stopped short of ordering the U.S.

Here's a rundown on what the ERA is, how long it's been debated and what Biden's action means: The ERA is a 1970s-era ...

President Joe Biden announced on Friday that he considers the Equal Rights Amendment to have been ratified. His statement ...

The ERA is a 1970s-era prohibition on discrimination based on gender, guaranteeing men and women equal rights under the law. As a constitutional amendment, it needs ratification from three ...

Activist Alice Paul pushed for the Equal Rights Amendment after the 19th ... and five states voted to rescind their ratifications in the 1970s. The amendment missed its 1982 deadline only three ...

U.S. President Joe Biden called the Equal Rights Amendment "the law of the land." However, in a rare joint statement, the ...

President Joe Biden said Friday that he believes the Equal Rights Amendment ... The ERA, which would be the 28th Amendment, began its path to ratification in the 1970s, with progressives waging ...

To come into effect, the constitutional amendment would need to be formally published or certified by the National Archivist who has declined to do so in the past. What happens now is unclear.

But he stopped short of ordering the government to finalize the amendment, meaning its status still remains unclear.

The ERA is a 1970s-era prohibition on discrimination based on gender, guaranteeing men and women equal rights under the law. As a constitutional amendment, it needs ratification from three ...