Equal Rights

Equal Rights Advocates - working to protect and secure equal rights and economic opportunities for women and girls through litigation and advocacy.

ERA - the Equal Rights Amendment - a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would guarantee equality of rights under the law for all women. It states: Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.

Chronology of the Equal Rights Amendment

Equal Pay

Contraception Equity

National Women's Law Center

Feminist Majority Foundation

updated October 18, 2007

"If you don't have the money, the knowledge, or the legal right to decide when, how and with whom you have a child, you are not free to choose your life."

Feminist Women's Health Center