Equal Rights Amendment

The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution which would have guaranteed equal rights under law for Americans regardless of gender.

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The ERA's text, as proposed in 1972 by the 92nd Congress, and as published in Volume 86, United States Statutes At Large (pages 1523–1524), reads as follows:

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1972 - 92nd Congress

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SECTION 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

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SEC. 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.

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SEC. 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.

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