Women’s rights activists were jubilant Wednesday after Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, finally clearing a key hurdle needed for it to be included in the Constitution. Many more obstacles lay ahead, however, including a hostile Trump administration and a lawsuit from anti-ERA Republican attorneys general. The ERA would amend the Constitution to give women equal standing under the law. It then went out for ratification to the states, three-fourths of which must ratify in order to amend the Constitution. Tom Williams via Getty Images Jessica Lenahan, center, a domestic violence survivor, and Carol Jenkins, right, of the Equal Rights Amendment Task Force, attend a news conference at the House Triangle in Washington, D.C., on the need to ratify the ERA on June 6, 2018.

Source: Huffington Post January 15, 2020 21:02 UTC