RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia on Wednesday moved to the brink of becoming the crucial 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment in what was seen as a momentous victory for the women’s rights movement even though it is far from certain the measure will ever be added to the U.S. Constitution.
The state House and Senate approved the proposed amendment with bipartisan support, well over a generation after Congress sent the ERA to the states for ratification in 1972. Each chamber now must pass the other’s resolution, but final passage is considered all but certain.
Amendments to the Constitution must be ratified by three-quarters of the states, or 38.
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If the ERA passes, there won't be any more private bathrooms. Is that what you want? You have think about unintended consequences when you vote for things.
The Trump Administration announced last week that if Virginia passed the ERA, the federal government would not accept it because it has been too long. With all the other stuff going on, you may not have heard.