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WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) –– The Senate Judiciary Committee hosted hearings Tuesday on the policy merits and legal standing of the so-called Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution, an infamous failed effort to give judicial activists new tools with which to protect abortion-on-demand.
Originally proposed and defeated decades ago, the ERA states that “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” But many argue that if implemented, this seemingly-simple yet redundant language would be interpreted as codifying into law non-rights such as abortion and have broad ramifications on everything from the military draft and sex-segregated prisons to women-only restrooms and male-only clergy.
During Tuesday’s hearing before the Democrat-controlled Senate panel, several Republican members and witnesses challenged both the legal ramifications of enacting the ERA and the recurring left-wing push to argue that it is on the verge of ratification because previous state votes affirming it remain valid, despite ratification deadlines having long since expired.
This view was rejected not only by the U.S. Justice
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