House Resolution Axing Deadline to Ratify Equal Rights Amendment Is ‘Brazenly Unconstitutional:' Rep. McClintock

The House on Wednesday adopted a resolution that would remove a deadline for states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, a move that Rep. Tom McClintock called "Brazenly unconstitutional."

Opponents have raised various arguments against the measure, including that it is superfluous as the 14th Amendment already affords equal rights to all citizens, which implicitly includes women.

"The Equal Rights Amendment would not only codify inequality for women but also destroy the rights of the unborn. ERA advocates have been unequivocal about their support for abortion and using the ERA to overturn pro-life laws."

The fight over the Equal Rights Amendment began almost a century ago.

In January 2020, the Justice Department issued a legal opinion arguing that the deadline to ratify the ERA had already expired despite recent efforts to revive the proposed amendment.

Just weeks ago, a federal district judge dealt a further blow to advocates of the ERA, ruling that the deadline to ratify it "Expired long ago" and three states' recent ratifications of the amendment arrived too late to count.

One of the ERA's opponents, National Right to Life, insists that the deadline to pass the amendment expired decades ago and that Congressional resolutions that seek to revive it are unconstitutional.

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