UPDATE: The New York state legislature has passed the state's Equal Rights Amendment for the second time, and Gov. Hochul has signed the legislation—putting the ERA on the ballot in 2024.
The New York legislature passed the Equal Rights Amendment for the second time and Gov. Hochul signed the legislation. The state ERA will officially be on the ballot in 2024.
If New York amends its constitution to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, it would become the 28th state to have an ERA protecting women’s rights. A news conference outside the U.S, House on June 6, 2018, on the need to ratify the federal Equal Rights Amendment. Currently, 27 states have a state-level ERA—and New York could soon be the 28th. that explicitly protects reproductive rights. The proposed ERA would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex—defined to include “pregnancy, pregnancy outcomes and reproductive healthcare and autonomy.” If passed, New York would be the first state to explicitly protect reproductive rights in an ERA.
“The reality is that if you can’t make decisions about your reproductive life, you can’t participate equally in the society,” said Andrea Miller, president of the National Institute of Reproductive Health. “Being able to make decisions about pregnancy—whether to continue that pregnancy or not—that’s a core question of equality as well as equity.”
The current New York state constitution does not require equal rights for women. If the ERA passes, New York would become theThe New York constitution requires all amendments to pass the legislature twice before going to the public for a vote. State lawmakers
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