Latest NewsDefending Women’s Rights: The Urgent Need for Equal Rights Amendments BarbraJuly 16, 2024 The Dobbs decision and recent legal actions in Arizona, such as the temporary reinstatement and subsequent reversal of a pre-1901 restrictive abortion law, have severely disrupted women’s access to reproductive health services. Recent wins in Nevada and Pennsylvania, where restrictions on state health insurance-funded abortions were overturned, highlight the critical need for federal and state Equal Rights Amendments (ERAs). These amendments would strengthen reproductive rights protections, ensuring the U.S. aligns more closely with international human rights standards by grounding these rights inequality rather than privacy. Abortion CareHealthcarePost-DobbsReproductive rightsUnited States
