‘It’s a scandal, quite frankly’: US Equal Rights Amendment still faces uphill battle

A nearly century-long effort to explicitly enshrine gender equality in the United States constitution may finally be coming to a head

With renewed attention on anti-discrimination policies following the #MeToo movement and a record number of women serving in Congress, a nearly century-long effort to explicitly enshrine gender equality in the United States constitution may finally be coming to a head.

If the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) were incorporated into America's founding document, it would represent a huge victory for women and people across the gender spectrum, whose fundamental rights are too often tied to partisan disagreements.