The ERA’s deadline expired decades ago, but the president argues that recent approvals by three states put the amendment over the top.

President Joe Biden announced a major opinion Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment is ratified, enshrining its protections into the Constitution, a last-minute move that some believe could pave the way to bolstering reproductive rights.

In his final week as president, Biden is using his bully pulpit to try to push forward the amendment that would enshrine sex equality in the U.S. Constitution.

Supporters say it is needed to protect against discrimination. Opponents argue the timetable to have it become part of the Constitution has passed.

Did Florida ever ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, the 1972 amendment that declared women equal under the law?

The legal rights of American women have eroded since Donald Trump first became president eight ... We have mobilized in a variety of ways to get Joe Biden to act on the Equal Rights Amendment, enshrining it as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Biden announced that the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered a ratified addition to the U.S. Constitution.

President Biden has declared the Equal Rights Amendment to be officially ratified, saying it should be considered the 28th Amendment to the Constitution.

With just days left in office, President Biden has said the Equal Rights Amendment is now the law of the land.

The remarks were largely a symbolic gesture of support for a century-long campaign to enshrine gender equality in the Constitution. But advocates said they could add heft to a future legal fight.

President Joe Biden declared on Friday that he was making the Equal Rights Amendment official. “It is long past time to recognize the will of the American people,” he said in his announcement ( via the Associated Press ).