WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 14, 2025) – With 5 days left for President Biden to behave, the Biden Publish the ERA Alliance delivered over 200,000 petitions to the White Home urging President Biden to instruct the Archivist to publish the Equal Rights Modification earlier than the tip of his administration.
The Equal Rights Modification was authorised by two-thirds of Congress and ratified by three-fourths of the states, but stays unpublished. It’s the one modification that has met the {qualifications} of Article V of the Structure that has not been added to the Structure.
The Biden Publish the ERA Alliance consists of over 60 non-profit, non-partisan advocacy organizations representing thousands and thousands of members. That is what some members of the coalition are saying:
“At this time we’re delivering to President Biden a message from over 200,000 Individuals for him to do his job and publish the Equal Rights Modification (ERA). This is likely one of the most vital actions President Biden can absorb his remaining days in workplace and can without end form his legacy because the president that delivered the twenty eighth Modification that protects all Individuals from sex-based discrimination.” – Alexandra Flores-Quilty, Marketing campaign Director, Free Speech For Individuals
“Along with lending their signatures, lots of have come to Washington DC since November 14 to demand constitutional gender equality. There are fewer than 5 enterprise days left for the Biden Administration to publish the ERA within the Federal Register. Deeds, not phrases, are what we require from a celebration that claims they assist constitutional gender equality.” — Kati Hornung, Government Director, VoteEquality
“Whereas vital, in the present day’s signatures characterize however a tiny fraction of the calls, letters, postcards, emails and texts urging President Biden to publish the Equal Rights Modification,” mentioned Nicole Vorrasi Bates, Founder and Government Director of Shattering Glass. “How can the President ignore his responsibility, in addition to the requires ERA publication from thousands and thousands of Individuals, 46 US Senators, 122 US Representatives, labor unions, 100s of organizations, medical, authorized and different associations, and so many extra? All we’re asking for is an opportunity.”
“The Equal Rights Modification is a pivotal constructing block to constructing a gender-equitable future. The ERA’s impression will likely be profound and contact all Individuals, bringing a brand new set of instruments to assist these going through discrimination on the premise of intercourse to our judicial system and to legislators. We merely can not miss this chance to develop the Structure and at last lengthen its full protections to the ladies of this nation.” — Kate Kelly, Esq. Senior Director of the Ladies’s Initiative on the Middle for American Progress
“We demand instant motion to enshrine gender equality as an plain proper within the US Structure. Publishing the ERA will reaffirm our dedication to justice and equity as soon as and for all. President Biden, that is your likelihood to face on the fitting facet of historical past. Act boldly, act decisively—publish the ERA now.” — Celina Stewart, Esq., CEO, League of Ladies Voters of america.
“Younger folks demand President Biden publish the Equal Rights Modification. It’s our rights, our bodies, and futures on the road. The lives of abortion-seekers, Black and brown youth, and poor and working-class people are on the road. That’s why we’ve shut down streets, walked out of faculty and work, occupied congressional workplaces, and are actually picketing every single day outdoors of the White Home, in under freezing temperatures, to demand our inclusion within the U.S. Structure. President Biden promised he would struggle for reproductive freedom, racial justice, LGBTQ+ rights, and our futures. Now’s the time to struggle. We demand ERA now,” Jennifer Vo, Organizing Director of the Younger Feminist Celebration.
“We urge President Biden to publish the ERA directly. At a time when lawmakers and courts are rolling again the rights of ladies and LGBTQIA+ individuals, it’s crucial that we’ve got equal rights for all folks enshrined within the Twenty-eighth Modification of the US Structure.” Ann Toback, CEO, The Employees Circle.
“President Biden has a historic alternative to indicate true management. Publishing the Equal Rights Modification is not only a authorized obligation; it’s an ethical crucial. Equality for girls can not stay a dream—it should be a actuality. The time to behave is now.” – Sheila Katz, CEO, Nationwide Council of Jewish Ladies.
“It’s past unacceptable that we’ve got not assured fundamental equalities for girls in our structure for the greater than 100 years because the Equal Rights Modification was launched,” mentioned Tamika Middleton, Managing Director of Ladies’s March. “With 4 extra years forward of unimaginable assaults on the rights and freedoms of ladies, women and the LGBTQIA+ group, there isn’t a extra pressing time than now for President Biden to step up and publish the ERA earlier than he leaves workplace.”
“President Biden has an obligation to defend and deepen the freedoms of ladies, women, and LGBTQ Individuals earlier than MAGA takes energy. From taking away our freedoms to determine if and when we’ve got youngsters, to attacking Black companies, docs, and households, to permitting billionaires to determine our futures for us, the incoming MAGA regime’s agenda is to lock in supremacist rule for one more technology. At this time’s petition supply exhibits that Individuals throughout races, backgrounds, and genders need Biden to publish the ERA into our Structure so we, the folks, have a crucial instrument within the years to come back to struggle for actual equality and get free,” — Nicole Carty, Government Director of Get Free.
“Publishing the ERA isn’t solely a matter of precept however a crucial step towards fairness for Black girls, who stand on the intersection of racial and gender oppression. Sisters Lead Sisters Vote is proud to face with a historic variety of organizations and the thousands and thousands of Individuals who assist the ERA via the ratification course of. There’s one step left and President Biden; we urge you to behave now and safe a brighter, extra equitable future for all.” – Holli Holliday, President, Sisters Lead Sisters Vote
“EQUAL MEANS EQUAL is disgusted by the inaction of the Federal authorities to publish ERA in full violation of the human and civil rights of 51% of america inhabitants, in addition to their overt, unlawful disregard of the clear language of Article V of the Structure. The nation, the states, and the ladies have spoken, demanding equality beneath legislation, however to this point the administration continues to intentionally ignore the voice of the Individuals; each a prison act and a nationwide shame.” — Kamala Lopez, President/Founder, EQUAL MEANS EQUAL
“Catholics Vote Frequent Good which works to enhance the standard of life for all Individuals by calling on us all to stay the beatitudes. We love our neighbors and imagine everybody ought to have rights. That’s the reason we’re calling on our second Catholic President in historical past to publish the ERA.” — Denise Murphy McGraw, Nationwide Co-Chair Catholics Vote Frequent Good
“The Equal Rights Modification has been ratified, the subsequent step is obvious: it should be revealed with none extra delays or excuses. President Biden can guarantee his legacy as a champion for gender equality and ladies’s rights by directing the Nationwide Archivist to behave, securing constitutional gender equality forward of the brand new administration.” — Zakiya Thomas, President & CEO, ERA Coalition.
Organizations which have labored to gather signatures for the petition embody: American Medical Ladies’s Affiliation, Catholics Vote Frequent Good, Middle For Frequent Floor, Civic Shout, Demand Progress, Democracy For America Advocacy Fund, Equal Means Equal, ERA Coalition, Feminist Entrance, Free Speech For Individuals, Get Free, Hip Hop Caucus, League of Ladies Voters, Mothers First, MoveOn, Nationwide Council of Jewish Ladies, Nationwide Group For Ladies, Different 98, Individuals Energy United, Progress America, Reaching Care, Shattering Glass, Sisters Lead Sisters Vote, Social Safety Works, Solidarity Motion, TakeItBack.org, The Juggernaut Mission, The Employees Circle, Trans Empowerment Mission, UltraViolet Motion, Vote Equality, and Younger Feminist Celebration.
