Economic Equality, Racial Justice, Reproductive Rights, Democracy, State ERAs Center for Gender & Sexuality Law Columbia University Economic Equality, Racial Justice, Reproductive Rights, Democracy, State ERAs Center for Gender & Sexuality Law Columbia University

Model Policy Agenda for State Equal Rights Amendments

This Model Policy Agenda proposes an actionable roadmap for state and local executives—including governors, mayors, attorneys general, and agency administrators—to make sex equality a reality in their jurisdictions.

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Federal ERA, Economic Equality, Racial Justice, Reproductive Rights, Democracy Center for Gender & Sexuality Law Columbia University Federal ERA, Economic Equality, Racial Justice, Reproductive Rights, Democracy Center for Gender & Sexuality Law Columbia University

The Sex Equality Gap

This paper details how despite sweeping federal, state, and local laws that prohibit discrimination based on sex, white women have been the primary beneficiaries of sex equality laws, leaving women of color significantly behind.

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Democracy, Federal ERA, Reproductive Rights Center for Gender & Sexuality Law Columbia University Democracy, Federal ERA, Reproductive Rights Center for Gender & Sexuality Law Columbia University

The ERA and Abortion

This explainer details how the ERA, which would add an explicit guarantee of sex equality to the United States Constitution, would protect the right to abortion and the full range of reproductive healthcare and is more critically needed now than ever before.

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Democracy, State ERAs, Reproductive Rights Center for Gender & Sexuality Law Columbia University Democracy, State ERAs, Reproductive Rights Center for Gender & Sexuality Law Columbia University

Amicus Brief: Allegheny Reproductive Health v. Pennsylvania DHS

The ERA Project submitted an amicus brief to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court explaining why a state ban on public funding for abortion is a form of sex discrimination, in violation of the state’s Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).

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