ERA in the News: March 22-31, 2019

Happy end of Women's History Month! It's been very inspiring to hear stories of historical women from across the country this month and we look forward to channeling that energy into the rest of the year.

This week was exciting as we saw news coverage in states that haven't had any ERA news at all in 2019, including Rhode Island, Washington, and New Mexico. As of the end of the first quarter only seven states are missing ERA coverage in 2019: Alabama, Iowa, Montana, South Dakota, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

Now onto the news...

NATIONAL

March 22 The History of the Equal Rights Amendment, Explained, Teen Vogue

March 29 Falling Out of the Love with the Constitution, Financial Times 

ARIZONA

March 25 Funding for Arizona's 2-1-1 service in danger because 0.0003% of callers asked about abortion, AZCentral  

March 28 C'mon Arizona, Be brave and take a stand for women's rights, Los Angeles Times   

COLORADO

March 24 Leibee: Nipples should be as free as women, Rocky Mountain Collegian

INDIANA

March 24 Full equality? Needs improvement, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

LOUISIANA

March 27 Louisiana could make history if it finally passes the ERA, NOLA.com 

MINNESOTA

March 24 Letter: Seeking Equality for All, Hastings Star Gazette 

March 24 Assumed Equality is Not Enough, East Side Review

March 28 Column: Women's History Month: Do we need the ERA here?, Sun Post 

March 28 St. Louis Park Council unanimously calls for Equal Rights Amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, ECM Publisher

NEW JERSEY

March 27 Norcross Votes for Paycheck Fairness, InsiderNJ

March 27 Menendez Leads Colleagues in Introducing Equal Rights Amendment during Women's History Month, Menendez Website 

NEW MEXICO

March 26 Santa Fe's Adelante program is not in the news, Santa Fe New Mexican

NEW YORK

March 27 It's ERA era, at last, pols tell Girls Club, The Villager

NORTH DAKOTA

March 22 North Dakota Capitol notebook: Lawmakers developing TR Library proposal, Jamestown Sun

March 25 Fargo commissioners reject getting into state Legislature's ERA fight, Inforum 

March 26 Letter: Another clear example of why we need women in government, Inforum

March 26 Burn 'em if ya got 'em, KFGO News

OKLAHOMA

March 24 Ginnie Graham: It's never too late for Tulsa to support equal rights for women, Tulsa World

RHODE ISLAND

March 28 Lady Legislator Leading the Way, Newport This Week 

SOUTH CAROLINA

March 24 South Carolina, Sumter, advocates push for ratification of nearly 100-year-old Equal Rights Amendment, Sumter Item

VERMONT

March 26 What would it take to add abortion to the VT Constitution, Burlington Free Press

VIRGINIA

March 24 Kerr: Are legislative committees where good ideas go to die?, Inside NoVa

March 27 ERA Then, ERA Now,  Richmond Magazine 

March 28 Virginia Falls Short on ERA But We Can Turn It Around, The Zebra

WASHINGTON

March 27 What's Happening for March 27, The Olympian

OPPOSITION

Left Trying to Revive Equal Rights Amendment to Get Abortion in the Constitution, The Federalist

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Erica Young

Member, Alice Paul Institute Advocacy Committee