The Proposed Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), Passed by Congress in 1972

question 65

Multiple Choice

The proposed Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) , passed by Congress in 1972 and eventually ratified by 35 states, stated the following:

• A) "Congress shall pass no law restricting the equal right of privacy in marital relations or reproduction."
• B) "The equal rights of unborn citizens of the United States under the Fourteenth Amendment shall not be abridged."
• C) "Equal access to the courts of the United States and any state shall not be abridged on account of race, gender, or physical handicap."
• D) "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on the basis of sex."
• E) "Nothing in this Constitution shall be construed by the courts or any state to prohibit the guarantee of equal pay for equal work to women."

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