new york equal rights amendment

Equal Rights Amendment, Abortion and New York

New Yorkers overwhelmingly approve Equal Rights Amendment

New York’s constitution already contained prohibitions on discrimination based on race, creed and religion. The amendment added protections for a person’s ethnicity, age, national origin, disability and sex, which includes pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.

The New York Times · 21h

New Yorkers Pass an Equal Rights Amendment Tied to Abortion Access

Proposition 1 was aggressively opposed by Republicans, who tried to cast it as an attack on girls’ sports and a giveaway to migrants.

Washington Examiner on MSN · 22h

Voters approve sweeping New York abortion and gender identity amendment

New York voters approved a sweeping equal rights amendment, Proposition 1, to amend the state constitution to protect abortion access and prevent discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

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New York voters pass constitution change to expand anti-discrimination protections

Democrats say the 'Equal Rights Amendment' will safeguard abortion rights. Republicans argue it would provide a Constitutional right for transgender athletes to play on girls and women’s sports teams.

National Review on MSN21h

New York Passes Radical Ballot Amendment to Enshrine Male Participation in Women’s Sports, Protect Illegal Immigrants

New York voters passed a ballot measure on Tuesday that will enshrine the Left’s radical social agenda into the state ...

'A Sea Change': NY Equal Rights Measure May Prompt Flurry of Lawsuits if Approved by Voters

One attorney specializing in constitutional law said state lawmakers are to be commended for trying to encode a substantive ...

Amendment anxieties

But opponents of the amendment, which include the state GOP, Catholic bishops and a wealthy beer heir, have leveraged its expansive language to warn that approval would lead to trans people ...

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