Jay Newton: Biden should make ERA an amendment to Constitution

To The Daily Sun,

If readers care about women’s rights, here is a very positive action they can take now:

Make the ERA, the Equal Rights Amendment, officially part of the Constitution.

We only need President Joe Biden to provide “notice” to the national archivist and the ERA would become the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This must be done by Biden before he leaves office on Jan. 20, 2025.

The ERA will provide protection from discrimination on the basis of sex.

The ERA would significantly benefit women in business by explicitly prohibiting sex-based discrimination in the workplace, providing stronger legal grounds to combat issues like unequal pay, pregnancy discrimination and sexual harassment.

The Dobbs decision radically upended equality because it said that women of reproductive years do not have a right to privacy. The ERA would allow this to be corrected because it mandates that women will be treated no differently than men.

It has already been ratified by the required 3/4 of the states.

Please call or write the White House and federal representatives, urging that this hugely consequential action be taken before Biden leaves office on Jan. 20, 2025. Do it now.

President Biden:

White House Comment Line: 202-456-1111

Possible wording: “President Biden, please provide 'notice' to the national archivist to make the ERA the 28th Amendment to the Constitution.”

Members of Congress:

Possible wording: “Please encourage President Biden to provide 'notice' to the national archivist to make the ERA the 28th Amendment to the Constitution."

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen: shaheen.senate.gov

Manchester phone: 603-647-7500

Sen. Maggie Hassan: hassan.senate.gov

Manchester phone: 603-622-2204

Rep. Chris Pappas: pappas.house.gov/contact

Manchester phone: 603-935-6710

Jay Newton

Gilford