The Common Ills: Do this for the ERA

Sunday, September 25, 2022

Do this for the ERA

Sun, Sep 25 at 9:01 AM

Common Ills, this Friday the Senate will leave Washington and they won’t be back until October 11th. There is no time limit on equality, but we are running out of time for a vote on the ERA this month.

You’ve not yet sent your Senator(s) and Senate Majority Leader Schumer an email telling them you support a floor vote on the ERA before the midterm elections. It’s very easy to do — it only takes three clicks!

Hold a Vote on the ERA!

If you called your Senator(s) and told them you wanted to see a floor vote on the ERA, thank you! Can you call them again? The more voters they hear from, the stronger our movement is. Here’s a script you can follow:

“Hello, my name is YOUR NAME and I live in CITY, STATE. It is past time for the Senate to take action on the Equal Rights Amendment. I am calling to urge the Senator’s support of a floor vote on the ERA before the midterm elections. Thank you.”

You can call Senate Majority Leader Schumer at (202) 224-6542.

Don't wait! You can still tweet at your Senator(s) and Senate Majority Leader Schumer They need to hear from us! #EqualRightsAmendment

Please take any or all of those actions again! If we keep up the pressure, we will see a floor vote on the ERA. Plus, we can get the Republicans on record — they want to ban abortion in every state, even places like California and New York! We need the ERA more than ever before.

The House has voted twice on lifting the time limit on the ERA — the Senate has yet to act for the ERA. Demand action NOW!

We can do this!
-Ellie

---------- Forwarded message ---------

From: Eleanor Smeal <reply@feministmajority.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2022 04:11:05
Subject: Demand a floor vote 🗳️
To: ERA Supporter

We need you to take action to support the Equal Rights Amendment, Common Ills.

This is your chance to tell your Senator(s) and/or Senate Majority Leader Schumer (D-NY) you want a floor vote on the ERA before the midterm elections.

Tell Them to Vote →

The midterm elections are just 44 days away. As I write this, abortion rights are vanishing in state after state.

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has introduced a nationwide 15 week abortion ban. He has begun the discussion to ban abortion in every state of the union if the Republicans win the majority in the midterm elections. This means that access to abortion could be severely limited, even in states where abortion is protected.

Take Action Now

We need the Equal Rights Amendment more than ever for a basic guarantee in the Constitution to stop the denial of rights for women and the LGBTQ Community. Attacks on gender rights are happening every day.

The House of Representatives has voted — TWICE — to remove the timeline and advance the ERA. Earlier this year, 187 House members co-sponsored H.Res.891, which expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Equal Rights Amendment is valid and already part of the Constitution.

Meanwhile, the Senate has done nothing. It is well past time for the Senate to act. The public must see the Republican Senators block an ERA floor vote with the use of the filibuster.

We need to flood Senators’ inboxes with messages urging them to call for a vote on the ERA right away. There is no time limit on equality. Your letter to the Senators makes it clear that they need to act.

An overwhelming majority of U.S. adults support Congress adding the ERA to the Constitution, and since the House of Representatives has now voted twice, it is high time for the Senate to act.

We owe it to ourselves and all future generations — we must add the ERA to the Constitution to protect and eliminate persistent gender discrimination. The ERA will prevent denial of rights based on sex discrimination.

Hold a Vote on the ERA!

Don’t delay, send your message right now. We must keep up the pressure. We must have a Senate floor vote before the midterm elections so that everyone can see that Republican Senators are standing in the way of the following words being enshrined in our Constitution: