In this column, conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly – who successfully led the fight to defeat the original ERA back in the 1970s and early 80s – expresses her heartfelt opposition to its reconsideration today.
I have several disagreements with Schlafly’s arguments. Here, I will note only her total failure to consider those likely effects of the ERA that her conservative political allies might approve of – particularly the abolition of government-sponsored affirmative action programs for women and Title IX rules mandating equal numbers of mens and womens sports teams at universities receiving federal funds.