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  ERA Campaign Missouri
Text Box: The Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Section 1 Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex. Section 2 The congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. Section 3 This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.

Are You Included in the U.S. Constitution?
Not If You’re a Woman...

     In 1777 when John Adams went to the Constitutional Convention his wife, Abigail, wrote to him asking him to “...remember the ladies...” in the new U.S. Constitution. John replied, “As to your extraordinary Code of Laws, I cannot but laugh...depend upon it, we know better than to repeal our masculine systems.”

Women are still not included.

The Equal Rights Amendment will ensure that men and women are treated equally under the law.

We Need the Equal Rights Amendment

· Women in the U.S. have no guarantee of equality under the Constitution.

· Women in more than 100 other countries have equal rights under their constitutions.

· The Equal Rights Amendment will ensure that the laws apply equally to both men and women.

· More than nine out of ten people in the U.S. believe women should have equal rights.

· Laws against gender discrimination are often poorly enforced. Lawmakers can weaken or repeal them at any time.

· The courts do not treat gender discrimination as seriously as they treat race discrimination.

· Women must still prove that they are the victims of discrimination, inequalities and violence.

· The burden of proof should be on the perpetrators.

· The courts have rarely used the “equal protection” clause of the 14th Amendment to decide gender discrimination cases.

Take Action!

Tell Senator McCaskill to take a lead in the fight for equal rights for women by signing on as a co-sponsor of the new ERA inititative!

Download a Postcard

Send an Email

Call her office at

(202) 224-6154

History of the Equal Rights Amendment

1972: Congress passes the Equal Rights Amendment and sends it to the states to be ratified by at least 38 state legislatures.

1996: Inspired by ratification of the 27th Amendment 203 years after Congress passed it, legal scholars research the validity of deadlines for ratification of constitutional amendments. They conclude that the Equal Rights Amendment can become the 28th Amendment if three more states ratify it and Congress accepts these ratifications. Supporters again begin working for ratification.

2007: Senator Edward Kennedy introduced S.J.Res 10, and Representative Carolyn Moloney introduced H.J. Res 40,  joint resolutions proposing an amendment to the Constitution relative to equal rights for men and women.  For the latest information on this bill go to the Library of Congress at http://thomas.loc.gov/.

35 States Have Ratified—These States Have Not:

Alabama
Arkansas
Arizona
Florida
Georgia

Illinois
Louisiana
Missouri
Mississippi
Nevada

North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Utah
Virginia

Take Action on the New Equal Right Amendment initiative

· If your US Representative hasn’t signed on as a co-sponsor of HR, contact them and ask them to sign on.  Go to http://www.house.gov/writerep/ and let them know you want their support for this new Equal Rights initiative.  If they have already signed up as a co-sponsor, please contact them and thank them for their support. 

· Contact Senator Claire McCaskill to step up and sign on as a co-sponsor.  As a long-time advocate of women’s rights, it’s time for her to show leadership and sign onto S.J. Res 10 as a co-sponsor.  Download a postcard to send, write an email, or call her office at 202 224-6154.

· Contact Senator Kit Bond and ask him to also support Missouri’s women by signing on as a co-sponsor of S.J. Res 10 and to vote for the issue after it comes out of committee.  Write an email, or call his office at 202 224-5721.

What You Can Do to Help Get the Equal Rights Amendment Ratified in Missouri

· Find out if your state representative and senator support the Equal Rights Amendment.  To find your representative for senator go to http://www.senate.mo.gov/llookup/leg_lookup.aspx.

 

· Write to your state representative and senator urging them to support and co-sponsor the Equal Rights Amendment resolution.

 

Address:

The Honorable [ Representative/Senator Name ]

State Capitol

Jefferson City, MO 65101

 

· Ask friends and family to write to their state representatives and senators urging them to support the Equal Rights Amendment.

Who’s Stepped Up  to Support the     New ERA Initiative?

House of Representatives Sponsors from Missouri

House Joint Resolution 40

Rep Carnahan, Russ     [MO-3]

Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy     [MO-1]

Rep Cleaver, Emanuel   [MO-5]

Where Are Our U.S. Senators?