The Illinois Senate Votes To Ratify The Equal Rights Amendment

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2018

Contact: Dee Donavanik 

Statement by NOW President Toni Van Pelt

By voting to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, the Illinois Senate has recognized what women everywhere know to be true. We still need the ERA. In fact, we need it more than ever.

It’s unconscionable that the U.S. Constitution fails to guarantee equal rights for everyone, regardless of gender. Fixing these flaws is not only proper, it is essential…