Illinois Senate approves federal Equal Rights Amendment, more than 35 years after the deadline
by Monique Garcia, Chicago Tribune
Apr 12, 2018
3 minutes
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Senate on Wednesday voted to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, renewing a push from decades ago amid the #MeToo movement to guarantee that rights can't be denied because of a person's sex.
The vote came about 36 years after the amendment appeared to die after just 35 states ratified it, three short of what was needed by the 1982 deadline. That means Illinois' approval could be largely symbolic. Still, advocates have pushed for a "three-state solution," contending Congress can extend the deadline and the
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