ERA Archives - Virginia Society for Human Life

by VSHL March 21, 2021

What is the Stealth Right-to-Abortion Amendment? The Stealth Right-to-Abortion Amendment is the pro-abortion Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). VSHL calls it the Stealth Right-to-Abortion Amendment because the pro-abortion forces behind the amendment always deny that it has anything to do with abortion. The Equal Rights Amendment is a constitutional amendment that Congress proposed in 1972, before the Supreme Court legalized abortion in Roe v. Wade (Jan. 1973). The ERA had a 7-year ratification deadline that ...

by VSHL February 11, 2020

Please use this link on our Legislative Action Center to send a message to your Congressman opposing the retroactive deadline extension for passage of the pro-abortion ERA. The Democratic leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives on February 12 or 13 will bring to the House floor a resolution that would -- if the federal courts allow it -- insert the 1972 “Equal Rights Amendment” (ERA) into the U.S. Constitution. Pro-life ...

by VSHL January 12, 2020

Please oppose the Equal Rights Amendment because it could be used by the courts to mandate abortion-on-demand, paid for with tax dollars for all nine months of pregnancy in all 50 States.

by VSHL October 5, 2019

The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), if ratified, would amend the United States Constitution. The ERA would be used by pro-abortion, activist judges to do the following in ALL 50 states: Mandate Taxpayer Funding for AbortionAllow abortions through all nine months of pregnancyEliminate the Ban on Partial-Birth AbortionEliminate the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection ActEliminate the Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment ActEliminate Women's Right-to-Know LawsEliminate Parental Notification and Consent LawsEliminate any other protective ...

by VSHL September 30, 2019

Whereas, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) will be used by activist Judges to eliminate all restrictions on abortions such as the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban, Parental Notification and other such common sense restrictions; and Whereas, the ERA will be used by activist Judges to require taxpayer funding of all abortions; and Whereas, supporters of the ERA are admitting it will strip state pro-life provisions and mandate abortion-on-demand in all 50 states; and Whereas, the ...